Junction EP – Planet Rhythm Black Series 01

All aboard the techno bus to Planet Rhythm for another deep dive into stripped-back machine sophistication, this time at the whim of Linear System aka Hugo Lineal, a member of Edit Select Records, and Charles Ryssen aka Yrsen, who hails from Lille. ‘Pusher’ kick off at a punishing pace and is laden with bells, whistles and distant groans. ‘Tell Me How’ is more physical – a rubbery drum workout for dropping the shoulder and getting lost in the lasers. Elsewhere there’s the more mysterious and sparse late-night sounds of ’10am Encounter’ and the percussive tension and reverb-drenched low end of ‘Final Form.’ Tools, but high-grade ones with plenty of their own character.