- This first release on Nico Purman's Art Of Memory finds the Berlin-based Argentinian delving deeper into territory he's explored on recent EPs for Crosstown Rebels and Vakant. As with those records, everything here is founded on generous lashings of Moroder-style synth bass, from which each track takes off in subtly different directions. "Logan's Dream" has a hazy electro quality, with spectral background atmospherics and waxing and waning drums lending it an epic, open-ended feel. "Labyrinth" has an exploratory tone, Purman's slow and low synth line unfolding in considered bursts.
"Arp" is spacier, with high, echoing synth flashes and a steady beat framing the bassline. Digital bonus track "Slow Burner" is well worth seeking out. Probably the most floor-ready thing here, it builds with layered synths and deep-in-the-mix vocal snippets to an early climax, before stretching out pleasingly onto an expansive, mesmeric plateau.
TracklistA Logan's Dream
B1 Labyrinth
B2 Arp