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DJ Gonz finally debuts on the label he co-founded with this immaculate seven track collection of techno/tekno futurism that's a brilliant showcase for his sidestepping instincts and highly adept production. Like with Conrad Pack, with whom he shares SELN duties, Gonz is in possession of a grittiness that distinguishes his work from many of his European/US contemporaries, what you might even consider to be a London sound, a little murky, a touch grimey, sunken into the deep annals of the night. And I'd argue you don't title your record Magical Negro Overdrive without having at least a little interest in identity and place, and of course, a touch of the mystical. Invention and predictability throughout here, though it's the final track, 'Root Tears', I keep coming back to, a kick drum pulse led ambi-techno chugger that could be the sound of Gottsching and Gerald Donald entering The Singularity arm in arm. Another leading light addition to the SELN/Jolly Discs/Lost Domain axis.
FFO: Leeway, Conrad Pack, Carrier, Rezzett
