Electro
November: 8 electro releases you need to hear this month
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Struction 'Gefüge' (R&S Records)
Joining R&S’s storied musical heritage is mysterious producer Struction, who has already got the electro world’s tongues wagging as to whether they are a legitimate newcomer or actually just a well-known producer experimenting under a different alias. We’re just as in the dark as you are (although our money would be on the latter), but what we do know is that all four tracks here exhibit that classic R&S sound: a mixture of scything cymbals, pulsating rhythms and unrelenting kicks. ‘Kreen’ twists on a bed of breakbeats and slick 808 kicks, but ‘Warrior’ is darker and more disorientating as waves of washed-out tones try, and fail, to lighten the mood. ‘Ai’ finds Struction delving further into his mechanical-sounding palette for a warehouse cut that thrums along, while ‘Dolly’ is the perfect parting shot as the pace quickens with its hypnotic FM bass polyrhythms, scything cymbals and icy strings.
7/10
