Spaniard Oscar Mulero has been knocking around the techno circuit for nearly 20 years, building a reputation as a fearsome purveyor of no-nonsense dancefloor techno. This debut album is split into two distinct parts. The first, "Grey", is what you'd expect; a seven-track techno assault that swings between jackin'darkness and heavyweight technoid funk. But it's the second part, "Green", that's the real revelation. Here, Mulero indulges his passion for IDM and abstract electronica, offering a set of tracks that could easily have appeared on Warp in the early days of Autechre, Polygon Window and B12. It's these cuts and in particular "Dreams Of Happiness" that really stand out.

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