URTZI レコード& CD

Review: Even by the standards of limited pressings, the latest missive from the Downbeat Black Label is a rarity. Remarkably, only 75 copies of this double header from F On and Urtzi have been pressed. The former kicks things off with A-side "Missing", a cranky and crackling trip through field recordings of pinball machines, unsettling electronics, surprisingly jazzy synth sounds, hazy aural textures and the occasional hypnotic pulse of dub techno. On the flipside Urtzi offers up a brand new interpretation of the same track, retaining some of the slowly vibrating electronics and opaque chords, while also adding dub techno style delay trails and a more structured, locked-in dub techno beat.