Asymmetrical Four
(Track 03 on this Maxi-Single)
Following up his album 'Sword' on Stroboscopic Artefacts last year, Singapore's Xhin appears on Belgium imprint Token. A brasher, more focussed palette sees Xhin booting out the warlike techno cry 'The Realm', heads-down whipping noise of 'Asymmetrical Four' and 'Through The Lines', a dark off-kilter beast.
As a prelude to Xhin's upcoming album Stroboscopic Artefacts treats us to four excellent remixes of the Singapore artist's tracks. Surgeon leads the way with Polygon-Window-style distortion, Dadub follows with a tribal dub take, Pfirter contributes straight pounding techno and Perc subtle electronica. Recommended.
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Lucy and Xhin, current poster-boys of the austere and spacious techno style, hit it off on the latest single for Chris Liebing's CLR label. 'LX4' employs a stomping broken beat, which has become a trademark for Xhin lately, while 'LX5' makes use of a straight beat and subtle washed-out sound layers. Powerful tools.
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Lx2 (Original)
(Track 01 on this Maxi-Single)
A mighty new duo of Stroboscopic Artefacts head Lucy and Singapore's techno force Xhin for Chris Liebing's CLR imprint. 'LX2' is a dark and moody cavernous thumper, filling out at an eerie pace while 'LX3' flutters around the high-end with hypnotic squeaky textures. Top notch harder contemporary techno.
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