The Redacted Files vinyl

Given the focus on tough club sounds favoured by label boss Ron Morelli, a release from Adam X on L.I.E.S. makes perfect sense and in retrospect it seems weird it's not happened sooner. As the owner of the Sonic Groove label, and the man behind the now closed New York record store of the same name, Adam X has been part of the fabric of the city's techno heritage for decades, long championing the harder, industrial end of the genre and putting on parties in the city from the '80s onwards. Now based in Berlin, the producer continues to be an important presence in techno with continuing releases on the Sonic Groove label and a multitude of production aliases including the Traversable Wormhole moniker. Coming under his experimental-leaning ADMX-71 alias, the three-track Redacted Files is described by the label as "a unique take on the traditional EBM sound" which is more than evident on the basis of "Disentangle Me" alone, a track that should satisfy those who prefer their EBM dark, slow, and full of sinister vocals.