- There a housey bounce to Jesper Dahlbäck's modern productions even though he said goodbye to the style years ago. Compared to the barrelling techno he makes now, his time spent as one of the Lords Of Svek across the late '90s and early '00s was especially sunny, with tribal-tinged grooves and hazy atmospheres. Every now and then one of Dahlbäck's techno tracks recall the slinky grooves of that era, the latest being "System Penetration 100" from his new Aftermath collaboration with Nima Khak. It's a straight-up techno tune, but its sparse arrangement and bubbling synth give it the dead-eye groove of an ethereal '90s tech house bomb. That said, that bludgeoning kick drum and sub-bass are the kind of things only techno DJs will get to unleash on a dance floor.
The EP's other tracks are more abrasive. "Shameless Intrusion" has a cosmic atmosphere similar to "System Penetration 100" but with a grainy sheen. A lively acid line and beefed-up kick makes the second half vaguely euphoric before the ambient outro brings it home. The kick-free "Aftermath" is a handy option for DJs opening a party, the ambient equivalent of a nighttime stroll through a leaking abandoned warehouse.
TracklistA1 Shameless Intrusion
B1 System Penetration 100
B2 Aftermath