- Following last year's triumphant Black Body Radiation, October's latest project looks like a classic bit of post-album steam-letting. His series of ten 10-inches will be "focussed on club tracks and less experimental"—a return to no-nonsense dance tools after the loftier demands of an LP. On closer inspection, the first instalment isn't very distant from Radiation's lurid post-punk-techno. That album wasn't far from the dance floor even at its weirdest, and these two tracks retain much of that charm.
They are, however, a bit simpler in construction. "Mantra Tantra" is about two things: the unyielding thump of its kick drum and the swaggering acrobatics of its bassline. "Order & Cleanliness" is stranger, centring on a sampled monologue rendered unintelligible by wayward pitch-shifting. A three-note synth hook and another steely kick drum prowl underneath, like caged beasts waiting for their moment to strike.
TracklistA Mantra Tantra
B Order & Cleanliness