Albums
aus
Aidan Baker
Big Farm
The Black Dog
Blackshaw & Melnyk
Budhaditya Chattopadhyay
Clockwork
Matthew Collings
Coma
DJ Koze
Djrum
Eluvium
Fredda
Freska
Hanging Up The Moon
Jenny Hval
Jimpster
Rena Jones
Mark Lorenz Kysela
Leonhard + Red
Naph
Petrels
Piano Interrupted
Pursuit Grooves
David Rothenberg
Saltland
subtractiveLAD
Terminal Sound System
Andrew Weathers

Compilations / Mixes
Joy
Kumasi Music Volume 1
John Morales
One Point Three (A & B)
Maceo Plex
Soma Compilation 21
Steffi

EPs / Cassettes / Singles
Alter Echo & E3
Amiina
Badawi VS Ladyman
Bunnies & Bats
Diffraction of Sound EP
Gerwin
Heligoland
Hibea
The Monroe Transfer
Chris Octane
RSD
Katsunori Sawa
Andy Vaz

Katsunori Sawa: The Two Legs EP
Weevil Neighbourhood

For those who like their experimental techno drenched in fog and mist, we have The Two Legs EP, twenty-two minutes of wonky mid-tempo jams from Kyoto, Japan-based Katsunori Sawa, who otherwise teams up with Yuji Kondo in the Steven Porter outfit. Sound-wise, the EP's tracks are, for the most part, a heady and relentless quartet that give equal attention to rhythmic intensity and textural design.

The EP opens with “Augurs,” a representative scene-setter whose skeletal bass-and-drum pulse arrives wrapped in a sweeping rainshower of industrial atmosphere and metal sprinkles. The opener's relentless thump carries over into “Black Sugar,” though this time with an even thicker coating of metallic fog. A faint hint of acid-techno is audible beneath the track's writhing lurch though the textural overlays are so dense it's easily missed. The B-side's “Phenomenon” picks up where the opening tracks leave off and, if anything, ups the industrial ante a tad. Siren calls seep into the pyrotechnical display until the track ends in a flash of immolation, after which “NGM” arrests the forward movement for a rather ambient-dub-styled treatment that sees a deep bass pulse snaking through a molasses-thick pool of crackle and thrum. Adding to the release's charm is its presentation, with The Two Legs EP pressed on white vinyl in an edition of 200 hand-stamped and hand-numbered copies.

May 2013