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Following up a couple cassettes on Drvg Cvltvre’s New York Haunted, the Canadian steps up for Carousel’s next outing and delivers a diverse EP of ambient techno sorcery and driving techno, inspired by an uncharted journey through the Balkans.
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‘Incantations’ is the debut EP from MAGNA PIA – the new solo project by Cassegrain member Hüseyin Evirgen.
Hüseyin is one half of the Cassegrain duo alongside long- time colleague Alex Tsiridis. Renowned as a driving force within the world of leftfield club techno and contemporary sound design, Cassegrain are known for their work on labels like Prologue, and on Killekill and Infrastructure New York alongside Tin Man.
Evirgen now comes to close colleague Ed Davenport’s Counterchange imprint for this first fully fledged solo EP. As MAGNA PIA, he introduces his own very personal image of Techno – rich, textural and full of detail.
The EP plots a strong narrative throughout – from the low slung melodic churn of opening track ‘Dhul’ to the mutant acid of ‘Nyx’ at its epitaph. Over four tracks with four very different moods we are treated to a masterclass in hardware only, high-end electronics – weird, melodic, hypnotic, banging.
‘Dhul’ was first previewed on Rødhåd’s Groove Magazine Mix CD (GROOVE 155 / CD 64, 2015), and set the wheels in motion for this full EP.
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Thomas Hessler returns with his second full EP for IMF, with four tracks further establishing the on-the-rise German producer’s talent for sleek, agile techno. EP opener Push is the record’s most intense cut, brimming with a powerful intent that’s barely contained by the track’s dramatic surging synths. It’s followed by Rise, which matches its rhythmic urgency to an escalating melody that teases while it builds towards its cathartic ‘house lights up’ moment. The record’s B1 track, the aptly-titled Reflections, is the EP’s most contemplative, with an unwavering pulse underpinning a subtle rising-and-falling melody that always threatens to burst into technicolour before dipping back into darkness. Finally, EP closer The Hope may be optimistically named yet is conversely the track most likely to incite dancefloor panic, with a drum rhythm that bucks like a rodeo bull, to which your best course of action is to hold on tight and enjoy the ride.
