Kaiser

Review: Kaiser is the alias of Bari, Puglia based Gianluca Caiati; who since 2007 has released on the likes of Animal Farm, Quant and of course Glenn Wilson's esteemed Planet Rhythm imprint. For the Berlin based Voight, he now appears with these five austere exercises that have the likes of Berghain and Tresor in mind. Starting off with the heavy hypnotism of "Sogno" with its gnarly acid lead and euphoric pads supported by some seriously steely rhythms. For contrast, there's the darkly atmospheric, industrial bass exploration of "Inizio" (that will appeal to fans of more recent Downwards or Samurai Horo) until the droning and tunnelling rework of "Tempo" by Ryogo Yamamori hammers the message home: all guns blazing!