EP1 vinyl

Possession is a new label, and if this multi-artist musical manifesto is anything to go by, we can expect plenty of high-quality fusions of EBM, techno and trance from the imprint in the months and years ahead. After Hector Oaks AKA DJKAOS11 sets the tone with a slab of loopy new-wave techno-funk ('No Darkest Light Will Shut Out Light'), Nene H takes over with a bombastic, high-octane romp that fixes a pitched-up EBM bassline to a stomping techno beat. Even weightier is flipside opener 'P05535510N' by 999999999, where a lone voice shouts "I wanna new brain please' over a cranium-smashing blend of ten-ton techno beats and razor-sharp trance-style stabs. Pawlowski's EP closer 'Demonic Dimensions' should also delight all those who like their dance music fast, heavy, acid-flecked and trance-inducing.