- Max Tkacz hails from Detroit, but he's not one of those producers that relies on the tropes of his hometown for inspiration. Instead of the warm chords and deliberate rhythms of the motor city, Tkacz trades in a chintzy tech house that sounds more European than anything else. Thankfully, Tkacz's tech isn't the generic, low-impact kind you'll find on countless compilations on below-the-radar labels. There are similarities: the muted melody on the incessantly catchy "Rooftops" could be the stuff of a Butch record, but it's got such a determinedly muscular back-end that any such comparison feels pointless and unfair. Especially when the track storms towards its climax—and he's good at those.
EP highlight "909 Kids" packs the EP's most big-room moment as its boisterous chords break out into the most dazzling bout of artificial sunlight this side of Lindstrom. The other two tracks are a little more tool-ish, valuing grind over grand, though both still build quite fluidly. "Bold Behaviour" dots a monstrous bassline with dubby stabs and "After Hours" sounds like it's doing a million things in tandem, its taut bass and rolling drums caught in the swelling one-two punch of its brute force chord progression.
Tracklist A1 After Hours
A2 Rooftops
B1 909 Kids
B2 Bold Behavior