Nonzero Sonics vinyl

The elusive Stephan Laubner returns with a new EP for Dark Matters. Laubner has enjoyed an accomplished career thus far, with releases on labels including Perlon, Smallville and Echospace to name but a few. The Nonzero Sonics EP is the sixth release to date for Amirali's label and 'explores dark and twisted sentiments in avant-garde structures, consistently executed with impeccable detail.' "No More Words" is classic STL: dark, dusty and cavernous dub techno that is as hypnotic as it is absolutely evocative. On the flip, Laubner is as hard to pin down to one sound as always - but magnificent at it all the same with these two downbeat offerings. The jagged deep house of "Smooth Selector" with its complex broken beat arrangement carrying a texturised and atmospheric arrangement, while the dark and blunted hip-hop of "Out Of The One" is street sound for goths.