|grens| - de verborgen kamer

Debut LP from the impenetrably named Dutch duo, |grens|, who double down on their cryptic moniker with a five song collection of abstracted electronics that sits somewhere between IDM playfulness, European dark wave and the post-Berlin School kraut drive of early James Holden/Border Community. Since it's Vrystaete that's responsible for bringing this one into the world, you can rely on a little deviation from the well-trodden path, de verborgen kamer  (trans: the hidden room) equal parts wonky and crepuscular, a sideways, eyes wide and vibrating passage through the night that's eerily familiar and alien at the same time, a seizure aura in soft focus (is that what we call déjá vu?). It works to a particularly effective close with the seven-plus minute 'in slapen schuilt gevaar', a 'Heliosphah'-like square-wave braindancer with an ascending melodic ebullience.90s nostalgia may plough on unimpeded, but this pair at least add something valuable to the lineage. Irresponsibly low edition of 200.