- Rian Treanor's third release revives Warp's Arcola sub-label, which was last spotted in 2004. Treanor, like Warp, is from Sheffield, and is part of a new IDM bloom, alongside the likes of Lanark Artefax and Lee Gamble's UIQ roster. Perhaps more than his peers or forefathers—Autechre, Aphex Twin and his actual father, Mark Fell—he's committed to IDM's dance floor potential.
On Contraposition, loops evolve into multi-stage breakdowns. There's a strong sense of rave energy in their build-ups, especially in "Contra_A2." Contraposition plays with frequencies, as heard in the birdcall squeals and metallic bass of "Position_B2." The term "contraposition" comes from formal mathematical logic, which is a foundation of programming code. Like footwork, Treanor's music plays with so many beat variations that it gives dancers plenty of space for interpretation. And while you might expect the precision to be unapologetically robotic, it's somehow impossibly funky.
TracklistA1 Contra_A1
A2 Contra_A2
B1 Position_B1
B2 Position_B2