Traversable Wormhole Vol 6-10 CD

Techno producer Adam Mitchell has scored reasonable underground success with his vinyl-only Traversable Wormhole EPs, which have now reached volume 10. Here, as a follow-up to 2010's well-received Traversable Wormhole Volume 1-5, he gathers together the pick of the tracks released since. It's a fuzzy, dark and distorted brew, flitting between tough, off-kilter dancefloor fare (see "Subliminal Warp Drive", "Universal Time'), spacious minimal excursions ("Worldline") and murky blasts of bleak, darkroom chug ("The Wormhole Nexus"). It's hardly cheery, but that's the point; Mitchell excels at making techno that prioritises form , function and atmosphere over melody and style.