Electro
February: 9 electro releases you need to hear this month
Electro to make your feet go
Arnaud Rebotini 'Desillusion' EP (Blackstrobe Records / !K7 Records)
Arnaud Rebotini is currently in the throes of preparing a new solo album for later this year. But ahead of that, the French producer has a new four-track EP of acid-tinged electro, dubbed ‘Desillusion’. The release begins in suitably bone-shaking fashion with the excellent title track, which is an inky cut of electro awash with discordant synth lines and frenzied drum patterns. ‘Seig!’ is a little lighter but no less potent, as Rebotini combines jangling disco hooks with arpeggiated basslines before bringing the whole track to the boil for a showstopping breakdown. The second half of the EP sees a change in tone and timbre as he delivers two wonderfully hypnotic cuts in the form of ‘The Djs Wailing’ and ‘Wildwood Orphan’.
7/10
