Electro
December: 8 electro releases you need to hear this month
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Black Merlin 'Control' (BoysNoize Records)
Having made quite an impression on us this year with his ambient album inspired by found sounds he recorded in Indonesia and its surrounding islands, Black Merlin debuts on Boysnoize Records. ‘Control’ buzzes with metallic synths and robotic vocals, before ‘Secondo’ dials the intensity down a touch for a forward-thinking cut of looped-up electro. The EP then descends even further into warehouse territory with the pounding techno of ‘Blindfold’, but he leaves the best for last with the brutally unnerving soundscapes of ‘Sequencer’.
8/10
