FERDINGER Vinyl & CDs

Review: The latest missive on Emmanuel's impressive Arts Collective imprint comes courtesy of Life In Patterns label head Ferdinger. The Paris-based producer starts in confident fashion with 'Darkness at Noon', where sci-fi synth motifs and deep techno stabs ride a thrusting, kick-drum-heavy techno groove, before wrapping angular, analogue bass, intense TB-303 motifs, creepy vocal snippets and breathless percussion hits around a jacking techno beat on 'Plein Soleil'. Ferdinger opts to wrap another dense and tough groove in melancholic chords on 'The Art of Letting Go', while 'Under My Spell' is thunderous tribal techno of the sort guaranteed to raise energy levels out on the dancefloor.