Appian Sounds Ireland レコード& CD

Review: Even by the Appian Sounds' exceptionally high standards, this outing from Estrato Aurora - a producer whose averaged a sole release a year since making his debut in 2016 - is really rather good. It's impressively varied, too, with the atmospheric deep techno shuffler "Cueva Ciega" being followed on the A-side by the brilliant dub techno/broken techno/deep electro fusion of EP highlight "Cranofacial Architecture". The studied eclecticism continues on the flip, too. "Calcolithic" sees the producer fix breathlessly beautiful synthesizer melodies and glassy-eyed chords to a rolling post-electro rhythm with rush-inducing results, while "Valencia Scarcity" is an acid-flecked chunk of IDM/electro fusion rich in crunchy machine drums, slowly shifting acid lines and dreamy chord sequences.