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Matt Robertson 'In Echelon' (Tape Club Records)
For his day job, Matt Robertson shapes the musical output of some of the best-known artists in the electronica and downtempo fields. But away from being musical director for the likes of Björk and Cinematic Orchestra, Robertson collects, works and records with vintage synths and sequencers. He combines these with modern equipment on ‘In Echelon’ to make an album of symphonic electronica and leftfield techno that’s cinematic in scale. It’s the sort of stuff you can imagine soundtracking both tense Hollywood thrillers and sweaty, darkened rooms. There’s hints of Fuck Buttons’ oppressive tech on the title track, while the tender, bass-warped lament of ‘False Sense’ drifts into Nils Frahm territory.
8/10
