As always teeming with their signature, ornately vascular, Pollock-cum-Dali inspired artwork, the next brain to drain into Slagwerk’s arterial roadmap of releases is Colorado-based producer French Kettle Station (also seen as DJ FRESH KILL, or Luke Thinnes to his mates). Spotted on lineups alongside the great ’80s pioneer John Bender, this enigmatic libertine summons compositional control on Spirit Mode‘s penultimate cut, ‘The Gate’. Thinnes texturises a scene of serenity with titanium hiss and pearlescent synth work, culminating in dramatic fashion with a bubble-gum crescendo of ricocheting IDM braindance.
If-Only (2020)