Review: After a very quiet 2016, in which he released just one low-key, digital-only EP, Ilario Alicante returns with two no-holds-barred techno heaters. Title track "Virgo Storm" is particularly alluring, combining as it does bustling machine drums, melancholic melodies that seem to tumble across the soundspace, and just the right amount of subtle acid tweaks. Adventice turns that track into a straight-up, peak-time techno thrasher, before Alicante serves up a blistering chunk of bass-heavy, acid-flecked techno-funk ("Hypno"). British techno legend Mark Broom remixes that track, delivering an interpretation full of distorted drums, industrial textures, and razor-sharp acid lines.
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