- Peder Mannerfelt's eponymous label has become a choice outlet for experimental and techno music in Sweden. (The styles seem to be at a high point at the moment, thanks to labels like Staycore, Drömfakulteten, Northern Electronics and Kontra-Musik.) You might consider the label purely experimental, but its first compilation EP is full of club bangers. Each track is rough and ready, favoring distorted low-ends and pummelling beats. On the A-side, Isabella's "Ominate" has shuffling, metallic percussion. Andre Kronert provides the straightest cut in "Tenth Street Rag." Off-beat hi-hats, boomerang clang, snare syncopation and preacher vocals bring it home.
Mannerfelt's own "Wake UP!" sounds like it uses the simplest of samples—staccato stabs, one-note bass—to create rhythm, but the compositional layers and effects are subtly complex. It complements Sissel Wincent's more abstract "Tricky Question Why," a gratifying and delirious track with synth spirals and a disintegrating vocal loop. It's not often that you get a succinct release that feels representative of a particular sound and place. The label's move into more clear-cut dance floor territory feels natural and full of potential.
TracklistA1 Isabella - Ominate
A2 Andre Kronert - Tenth Street Rag
B1 Peder Mannerfelt - Wake UP!
B2 Sissel Wincent - Tricky Question Why