Framework EP vinyl

Since first appearing on Poker Flat Recordings back in 2015, Pavel Iudin has become one of the long-serving German label's most reliable artists. It is, though, a while since we've heard from him, with the "Framework EP" marking his return to the storied German imprint after a two-year break. He begins with the warm, fluid and hypnotic title track, where sun-kissed guitar notes and liquid synth chords ride a locked-in tech-house groove, before offering up the chunkier, more bass-heavy throb of "Echelon". He brilliantly doffs a cap to deep and dubby techno on the head-in-the-clouds haziness of "Dummy", while electro-influenced closing cut "Automotive" sounds like an unlikely hook-up between Kraftwerk, Orbital and Rhythm & Sound.