Introducing themselves with an acclaimed double LP in 2013, the Zeitgeber team of Lucy and Speedy J. provided a master class in elemental, unconventional techno. Utilizing a creative mixture of pinpoint rhythmic accuracy and tonal depth, the team made good on the high expectations placed upon them and delivered an expansive sound not indebted to any currently active musical movement. Each successive release from this production duo makes it clearer that Zeitgeber is no casual “side project”, but a serious artistic commitment that aims to be more than the sum of its parts. Following the debut album, Zeitgeber has contributed a sublime piece to Stroboscopic Artefacts’ five-year anniversary series, and now returns with an EP-length release that fits seamlessly into the ever-diversifying ‘Monad’ series of musical mutations.
With “At The End of The World,” the listener is immediately welcomed to an unfamiliar sonic terrain where all seems sentient and shapes spontaneously arise from the darkness. Propelled by slushy beat cycles and adorned with discordant (but infectious) mid-range sequences and wavering machine hum, it’s a successful conjuration of terra incognita that rewards patient listening with a melange of hidden details. “An Extraordinary Man” accomplishes very much... more