Mechatronica Music Germany レコード& CD

Review: Credit 00 continues to be one of the most fascinating weirdniks from Dresden's Uncanny Valley, offering up cheeky electro with heaps of personality. On a return visit to Berlin label Mechatronica, he's not holding back a jot on the wild-style ideas. Just listen to 'Ratlife In The Sunshine', which creates a hybridised footwork-Miami bass style twist up of Roy Ayers' 'Everybody Loves The Sunshine' with all the soul replaced by gnarliness. If that sounds like sacrilege, fear not - your boy Rat Life has the swerve to pull it off. The electro might be slightly more focused on the B-side, but these tracks still spit with non-conformist energy which is so very welcome when many stick to a very established genre formula.

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.