Minor science, absent friends vol. iii

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Peverelist, Pulse Modulation Livity Sound

Bristol’s Peverelist follows up his excellent Pulse EP from earlier this year with another four tracks of sprightly, synth-focused techno. Each track here homes in on a single idea and runs with it. In the case of Pulse V, that’s a slippery, octave-jumping synth riff, augmented by a punchy rhythm of kicks and claps. The more sparse Pulse VI, is built around the shifting rhythmic interplay of simple resonant bleeps and pulsing sub bass. Pulse VIII sees Peverelist swap his usual UK techno rhythms for rolling modern jungle. The highlight here, however, is Pulse VII, which combines a heavy sub bass and punchy 2-step rhythm with drifting, mournful synth notes. It feels like a callback to the best of the atmospheric dubstep of the late ‘00s Bristol scene from which Pev emerged.

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Tirzah,Trip9love...??? Domino

Over the 10 years since she released her debut EP, London vocalist Tirzah has maintained a consistently fruitful creative partnership with old school friend and producer Mica Levi. Tirzah’s restrained and evocative vocals make for the perfect pairing with Levi’s rough-around-the-edges beatmaking, and that’s never been more the case on their latest, and best, collaboration. The beats throughout Trip9love…??? come coated in hiss and distortion, broken piano loops fighting for space with blown out kick drums and fragile, metallic hats. It’s testament to the skill of the music makers involved that it doesn’t sound like a chaotic mess or drown out Tirzah’s often delicate vocal lines; it takes real skill to create music this finally balanced that also feels off-the-cuff. Interestingly, the same piano sounds and drum machine patterns appear multiple times across the 11 tracks, each time treated with a subtly different tone of distortion or tuned ever so slightly differently, making the album feel like variations on a theme – openers F22 and Promises, for example, use almost identical beats but settle on surprisingly different moods. These repetitions are punctuated by beatless or more freeform tracks, which include some of the album highlights, particularly the warped piano ballad Their Love. As a whole, Trip9love…??? is arguably the most challenging album the pair have created, but also their most rewarding.

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