A self-titled record on a self-title label, Syne is a new project from Dennis Huddleston who has previously been found twirling out ambient material as 36. There's an elegiac, B12-esque beauty to the tracks on this album, not least swooning opener "Syne 1". Grand synth orchestrations are the order of the day, from the bittersweet "Syne 4" to the looming murk of "Syne 5". At every turn Huddleston's proficiency for richly harmonic composition shines through, and strapped to a set of simply crafted beats it makes for some truly powerful ambient techno.

Jane Fitz (Invisible Menders)