- The latest producer to land on Abdulla Rashim's Northern Electronics is yet another Swede, Dorisburg, AKA Alexander Berg. Berg has recently been turning towards tougher sounds, and that stylistic shift continues on Splade, an EP with three cuts of ultra-deep techno that each rank among his very best efforts.
All three tracks are expansive, and tied together by trippy echo effects. On the A-side are "Splade" and "Business Propaganda," two nocturnal jams with rolling drums and alternately ticking and thwacking trebles. The mid-tempo title track is tweaked-out with dubby whiplashes and drawn-out phasing. Dialing up to 135 BPM, "Business Propaganda" is a sleek, assertive cut whose punchy low-end charts a path through groaning, otherworldly atmospheres.
"Uncertainly" opts for a lush, house-ier vibe that's more in line with Berg's earlier releases (and those produced as half of Genius Of Time). Smoothly stuttered flutes take the lead early on amidst tiny slices of hi-hat and playful mid-range percussion, and a late breakdown leads to an entirely different final passage, one that's gently propelled by hand drums and warm synth tones. All killer, no filler on this one.
TracklistA1 Splade
A2 Business Propaganda
B Uncertainly