- Leading Stroboscopic Artefacts' latest run of Monad releases is Positive Centre, AKA Berlin-based producer Mike Jefford. Over the past couple years, he's become known for a subtly menacing style of low-tempo techno released through Our Circula Sound, and Monad XIX marks the first time he's released away from Sigha's label. The resulting four-tracker is mostly business as usual, though the first two cuts fit particularly well in the SA aesthetic.
"Great Excavator" is streamlined for the dance floor, with tight, syncopated percussion, an angular synth riff and plenty of reverb. The dubby "Disappearing Trick" finds Jefford maneuvering into deeper, otherworldly spaces, which is where he thrives—proven here by low-slung broken beats, mesmerizing mechanical whispers and squiggly trebles. A booming drum workout, "Figure Is The Form" layers together hard-edged percussion as it weaves in and out of focus, but the results are overly utilitarian. "Signal Structure," a rare Positive Centre ambient track (and a nice one at that), drifts through downcast drones, bringing Monad XIX to a hazy, introspective conclusion.
Lista de títulos01. Great Excavator
02. Disappearing Trick
03. Figure Is The Form
04. Signal Structure