Alex Smoke's "Hanged Man EP" on Vakant spans the current avant-garde of electronic dance freakishness. The a-side attempts to contain "It's A Carni Life", a deep ten minute motivator placed somewhere between "Space Odyssey" and "I Need Lithium". "Hanged Man", on the flip, presents a more straight forward digital funk ordeal hinting at acid. Finally "Rotwang", named after the mad scientist out of Fritz Lang's "Metropolis", makes you wonder if someone has transported you to your favourite summer festival at exactly the right moment without you noticing.
