Climat Canada Vinyl & CDs

Review: Minimal techno standard bearer since the heyday of the genre, Pheek is unflinching in his quest to explore the creative potential within reductionist approaches to music, and here he ups the ante on the experimental nature of his work. "Lava" ripples and whirrs with a spread of minute noises that seem to move with organic intuition, while "Mystic Days" seems to shear away the locomotion to fall in a more fragmented rhythm. "Non-Sense" is the more tangible cut on this lavish double pack, letting a discernible beat course its way through swathes of electronic noise and gently undulating chords.

Review: Canadian techno adventurer Jean-Patrice Remillard has long been admired for his unusual approach to spaced-out minimalism, where organic sounds and curious samples form the backbone of his glitchy, undulating rhythms. These are much in evidence at Gazing at the Midnight Mist, a live recording of his set at Montreal's answer to Sonar, Mutek. Predictably, there's much to admire, from the music box melodies and sparse African drums of "Intro", and the dubwise, psychedelic techno pulse of "Mystic Days", to the intoxicating density and shuffling rhythms of "Connected to What Could Be Multi-Dimension", and dreamy, intergalactic feel of "Passing Out To Others".