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Nathan Fake 'Providence' (Ninja Tune)
Nathan Fake’s 2005 debut ‘Drowning In A Sea Of Love’ was a gorgeous intermingling of electronic and rustic flavours. He maintained the quality output for James Holden’s Border Community label but then dried up, struck silent by writers’ block. His return is inspired by a Korg Prophecy, an old piece of analogue kit which was the starting point for an odyssey of strange machine experiments ranging from the epic, almost Wagnerian atmospherics of‘HoursDaysMonthsSeasons’ to the discordant machine breakdown of ‘Radio Spiritworld’. ‘Providence’ is a jittery robot trip-out, but it’s full of juicy strangeness that will find favour with both fans of both techno and oddball electronica. Thomas H Green
7/10
