Cloudy Tracks CD

For the latest spacey, tripped-out release on his Space of Variants label, Serget Barkalov has collected together some of his most rare and hard-to-find Mr Cloudy productions. As you'd expect, it's a master class in texture-laden dub techno, fuzzy ambient dub, and the kind of ultra-deep, ultra-spacious electronica that defies easy categorization. Highlights include the potent space dub of "Rustle of Morning Stars", the deep and hypnotic Motor City grooves of "Deep Road" and "Lumen", a slowly unfurling chunk of intoxicating techno deepness that reminded us of Orbital classic "Semi-Detached". Perhaps best of all, though, is the "Sleepy Vigil" trilogy of tracks, in which Barkalov slowly shifts focus throughout.