REEKO レコード& CD

Review: If the name of the label (Mental Disorder) wasn't indication enough, then we'll fill you in: this collaboration between Reeko and Surgeon is the absolute bees knees, at least when it comes to music that maddens. Like a sort of fucked-up marriage of Techno Animal and Terry Riley, the tracks on this short three-tracker by the stirling pair excel at conveying both suspense and minimalism. 'Scoundrel' swerves at a higher tempo, carefully note-adding a crossrhythmic bassline that sounds like a metallic dog chewing on cud. 'Lemurian Blues', meanwhile, echoically places a kick on every eighth note, eschewing the conventions of 4x4 techno for a space-ambient nightdrive. For those liking their dance music a little bit weirder, this is it.

Review: As part of Oscar Mulero's Unknown Landscapes mix CD his label Pole Group has done the right thing and released the first of several various artist samplers. This first body of music is opened by the rusty pings of DVS1's "Strobe", while up and coming Spanish techno producer, Kwartz, earns his Pole Group stripes with a deep and blipping "Hate". Long-time label cohort Reeko provides the elongated mind trip that is "Enlightenment Process", and the last spot is of course reserved for industrial demigod Adam X who doesn't falter with the voltage charged "Meridien Arc".