Mechatronica Music Germany レコード& CD

Review: Serge Geyzel debuts on Mechatronica with a killer collection of hypnotic electro, twisted acid lines, futuristic breaks and gut-wrenching machinefunk. Prioritizing the low end before anything else - and letting any further high end strokes spit through the top end like hard-limited overflows of dry ice - the likes of 'Ready?' and 'Sag' lift all embargos on the more involuntary-movement-inducing aspects of the electro sound, importing a huge sense of weight sure to rattle tweeters and bins alike. It makes sense for Geyzel to join the Mechatronica ranks; he's all but surrendered to our Landian machine overlords with this one, toning down any remaining semblance of humanism for a logcial continuation of the "kamikaze" approach explored on his Love Kamikaze project from 2022. A whopping sextet of tracks, facing the promise of our impending apocalypse head-on.

Review: Poly Chain is the brainchild of Kyiv-born Sasha Zakrevska, who follows up her Fairy Disco LP from last year with this six-strong EP of cold and calculating electro workouts for Mechatronica. The likes of 'IRIS-T' favour a breakneck pace and the kind of steely sound design which aligns with DJ Stingray's approach as a DJ and producer. On the B side, 'Tryton' and 'ATACMS' play around with some more fluid synth shapes, but the mood remains tough and edgy throughout this knockout release from a sharp-rising talent in the electro field.