Hexagon - Counter Utopia

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  • Boris Bunnik works with a range of electronic music styles and has aliases to match. Meditative techno, for example, is the main sound of Conforce; Versalife tends to be electro; and Silent Harbour is for dub techno. But the differences aren't always obvious. Hexagon is one of his least used, but arguably the best. It's definitely the most experimental, with EPs that channel Apollo-era ambient and '90s Warp techno into moody, avant-garde club tracks. They normally trickle through Bunnik's own Transcendent label, but the latest lands on Shipwrec. "Cerebral Trauma" is a nine-minute-long psychedelic techno track, pulsing with blips, rattles and reverb. It recalls the freaky funk of Polygon Window, but it's Bunnik's own sweet acid trip. It causes your knees to crumple while rest of the world melts into a puddle at your feet. You're still tingling by the time "Counter Utopia" drops—the sensation is augmented by the track's crystalline notes. The kick of an electro beat gives it more fervour, though it's no less wonky than "Cerebral Trauma." Sweeping synths and sullen atmospherics then set the tone on "Paranormal," a broken-beat reset that lives up to its name. Hexagon records don't come around often, but they hit the spot when they do.
  • Tracklist
      A1 Cerebral Trauma B1 Counter Utopia B2 Paranormal
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