June: 19 techno releases you need to hear this month
Aural battering rams inside
Mike Gervais 'Deep Breath' (Symbolism)
Smouldering techno, here, from Mike Gervais. For the first part of this track, everything feels like it’s bubbling under, tapered and ready to burst but not quite getting there – although it still gets you moving. When the high-end starts to flow in, though, things get tense, and both the tone and pitch rise. Some kind of cataclysmic event is sure to unfold, as a breakdown pushes the intensity up to the boil and brings us back to the track’s simmering start.
7/10