“Kicking off the very first Wigflex ep  is the mighty Geiom with ‘Lame Car’, an intricate and restlessly inventive vintage synth and sub-bass workout, as full of energy and sparky excitement as the dusty rave tunes its opening piano stabs seem to refer to. The Berkane Sol label head has been making waves internationally over the last couple of years with a string of forward-looking releases, and ‘Lame Car’ is an impressive addition to his production CV, driven hard by a funky engine and the same sweet balance of rhythmic science and melodic infection that has characterised Kode9’s recent cuts. Maintaining these levels of depth and atmospherics is Metaphi with ‘The More I Know Her’, in which a warping robotic hook and bouncy two-step drums thread through delicately layered chimes and melodic touches en route to a burst of brass that will have even the dingiest dancefloor ready to start a carnival. This is the first release under the Metaphi flag for the skwee protagonist Metske, known for previous outings on Harmonia and Flogsta Danshall. Next up, part man / part machine Hizatron plots a darker and twisted path with ‘Schlupinski’, a rubberised techno monster built around a relentless and sinister bass synth refrain, with nerve-jangling, pulse-quickening, limb-animating bleeps, clicks, percussive ticks and taps dancing and chirruping on top of it like goblins on Bald Mountain. It’s minimal Jim, but not as we know it. The parting shot is Taylor’s eerie stomper ‘Jangle Fuss’, which keeps up the techno theme established by Hizatron but takes it into altogether more fidgety and fractured zones. Taylor used to play guitar in a prog rock band, and his love affair with delay pedals endures in a production style that can only be described as “reem”.

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