Yaxteq Vinyl & CDs

Review: Astoundingly unusual broken techno experiments from LA's Nomadico. The digital version of Shards is glassy as much, cracking the otherwise unbreakable mirror that is the normative album format with over 30 mixes. The vinyl version here picks up the pieces, selecting among them the best on offer, spanning various motifs from styles such as acid to broken beat to fuzzy techno. A veritable set of dispersive sonic prisms, these broken-off vitreous vestiges recall a cybernetic fusion of the styles of FaltyDL or Legowelt; but in all frankness, these kinds of comparisons ultimately fall flat, since the aim of the record is to cultivate and encourage the act of cultural reconstitution, breaking from established signifiers. In Nomadico's own words, "culture has since been shattered into shards that must be reconstructed, reshaped, remixed and reconnected. A truly nomadic statement.