Wonderfully carved metallic left-field techno three-tracker from London’s Leaches (real name Jack Reardon). This EP is an example of where a hardware rig can really take techno into more captivating territory. It’s a cliché to say that getting out-of-the-box makes music more “organic”–plenty of artists are capable of gorgeous, vibrant texture in a DAW–but there’s something to be said for the way machines (or instruments) invite both expression and experimentation. Maybe it’s the limitations they present versus the choice paralysis of working on the computer, or maybe it’s just simply that they force you to use a different part of your brain while working. In any event, Reardon seems to be benefiting from the machine spell. For as rigid as this is at first blush, it’s also delightfully liberatws; it doesn’t give me that gauzy, sinus-plugging sensation that so much modern dark techno does. It doesn’t feel like navel gazing techno, it feels free. No streaming here (for a change), but the…
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