Distrito 91 Spain Vinyl & CDs

Review: David Cronenberg's ExistenZ is a disturbing and mind-frying film, deploying every otherworldly trope from secret technology to layered virtual worlds to anatomical weaponry. But what happens when you take the thematic essence of Cronenberg's grotesque "bone guns" and the like, and transmute said abstracted essence into an electro EP? Spanish producer Allumynd has a demonstrable answer in mind and in hand, emerging from the shadows with a killer eight-track record that endeavours to push at the limit of the otherwise usually wholly computerised sound. Viral, electrical humanoid energies are conducted with blistering shock, charging each separate beat with excitotoxic neuronal energy when none would usually be expected: just take 'Neural Oscillations', for instance. The record's basslines and top elements, meanwhile, continue to gargle and snaffle away ('5K', 'Lost Control Again') , in a manner not unlike the mouth sounds emitted by the bio-demonic beasts found in Cronenberg's films.

Review: Lithuanian producer Subliminal debuts on Distrito 91 with a dynamic six-track EP crafted purely for the dancefloor. It blends electro and techno across a series of raw analogue soundscapes that were all recorded at a studio in Kaunas. Each track boasts driving four-on-the-floor drums and resonant basslines as well as acid tones and lush pads all created using hardware instruments. From the jostling drums and synth tension of 'Inside The Wave' to the frosty jack of 'Submarine Acid' via the glistening celestial melodies and jagged synth lines of 'Lost Together' this is one potent EP.