Mastering Black - Master Love

  • Sludgy but seductive slo-mo techno from the Zwart Goud owner.
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  • Zwart Goud shop and label owner Ilker Soylu returns with a seductively dark EP this month, encompassing electro and slo-mo techno, and B2 "Master Love" is an easy highlight. There's a hint of Belgian new beat to the track's thunderous thud, and the devil's in the details, the way that thwacking snares seem to bounce off the kick drums, a hint of EBM in the quake of the beat. The track is full of arresting creaks and groans in the peripheries, centered around a pitched-down vocal that hypnotically asks, "Why don't you / Why don't you?" It's sinister and sexy, its power only underlined by its slow, almost agonizing tempo.
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