All That Matters – Mechatronica White 13

Vincent Fries grew up fascinated by his dad’s home studio and was later nicknamed «the three-armed bandit» for his DJ skills. He stumbled on Italo disco in a magazine in 2009 and built his sound around it. Now he’s a German synth hoarder with a circuit-bending habit and his label, Bungalo Disco. ‘All That Matters’ glides on a melancholy hook and glossy arps, ‘Please Hurt Me’ is slower and more rugged, and ‘Darkmode Dominion’ brings a little icy menace to the synths. The flip-side is just as cold and neon-lit with endless machine grooves and infectious synth lines.