サイド 1
	1.	"Sagittarius A (Right Ascension)" (5:16)
	2.	"Pleasure Discipline" (5:57)
	3.	"Ertrinken" (5:37)

サイド 2
	1.	"Growth Cycle" (feat Robert Owens) (6:01)
	2.	"Zahlensender" (7:56)
	3.	"The Approach" (3:36)

サイド 3
	1.	"Nylon Mood" (6:26)
	2.	"Alphabet City" (5:38)
	3.	"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (6:05)

サイド 4
	1.	"No Entiendes" (6:56)
	2.	"Kurzstrecke" (6:45)
	3.	"Golden Dawn" (feat Stefanie Parnow) (7:27)

サイド 5
	1.	"Interdimensional Interferenc" (5:58)
	2.	"Distant Paradise" (8:03)

サイド 6
	1.	"Be" (feat Robert Owens) (4:51)
	2.	"Vampir" (6:27)

サイド 7
	1.	"Downtown 161" (11:32)

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In recent years, David Sumner's music as Function has tended towards the dark, lo-fi, industrial and minimal. "Existenz", his first solo album in six years, is an altogether more melodious, thoughtful and ear-catching affair. Of course, there are still some suitably mangled, mind-altering club cuts on show - see the buzzing, shape-shifting heaviness of "Ertrinken", the spaced-out hypnotism of "Kurzstrecke" and the Berghain-ready "Vampire" - but these largely play second fiddle to more playful and tuneful expressions of electro, Detroit style techno, dreamy fusions of deep house and early UK style tech-house, and ambient cuts so lovely you'll want to bathe in them. He even makes room for a couple of vocal collaborations with Robert Owens. It all adds up to a stunning set that's undoubtedly one of the most instantly arresting techno albums of the year.

Andy Green [Verdant Recordings], Juno Records Staff Picks