System Fork CD

For their first foray into the full-length format as Application, Sheffield producers Martin and Ruchard Dust (sometime partners in The Black Dog with original founder Ken Downie) have decided to stick to a strict set of rules. What these rules are remains frustratingly unclear, though it did involve building tracks from sounds created on custom-built drum and bass racks. The resultant set is typically industrial and bleak in outlook, with only a trio of tracks - the beautiful Ambient B", "Ambient A" and the triumphant "Steve Reich's Ice Cream Van" - breaking free of the duo's self-imposed rhythmic constraints. That said, there's still plenty enjoy elsewhere, from the skuzzy techno of "Siren" and clandestine IDM of "Format", to the steel-clad machine electro of "Swith".