- Until now, the Resista label has stuck exclusively to edits, with Daphni, Tom Croose and Keyboard Masher putting their respective spin on Afrobeat, Brazilian music and contemporary psychedelia. The label's fifth release changes course, with ex-Detroiter North Lake (Isaac Delongchamp) delivering two original tracks of off-kilter techno. Literally off-kilter, in fact: Both sides feature elements panned so far to the right that your first instinct may be to check that your cables are properly connected. (I'll save you the time: They are.) Both tracks are so gritty, they could make Actress sound positively hi-fi in comparison, but the noise floor is up on stilts for a reason: The veil of hiss is an integral part of both tracks' atmospheres.
"Journey to the Centre of the Sun" begins with a flare-up of wild, spectral strings before slouching down a path of super-slow house beats; choral samples, faraway synth stabs and a down-pitched rhythmic murmur tug in three directions at once. In its disassociated way, it's as dizzying as a fun-fair carousel on cough syrup. "Insomnia" is marginally more direct, with drum machine chattering at a 125 BPM clip; high-pitched drones spiral above arpeggiated bells, with the latter half giving way to a polyrhythmic tumble of kalimbas and dubbed-out noise squalls.
TracklistA Journey To The Center Of The Sun
AA Insomnia