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From the start of this debut release from Amsterdam-based Lapien, one conceives that the young producer is conscientious. >Anvers<, the French name for Belgian port Antwerp, starts in unassuming manner, synths swimming, bass pondering, a gentle cymbal tapping. Its the sound of thoughtful admiration, as if Lapien is standing in front of the citys towering gothic cathedral, motionless in the midst of a now modern metropolis. But then, as loops spring uncomfortably back and an insistent beat thunders into the fray, one realizes that this is no time for admiring architecture: this is a night drive through the city – coarse orange streetlamps, chrome blue reflections, droplet-stained window panes. It is, also, at an unusually and unsettlingly fast pace, dragging its deeper house timbres and textures upwards. Conforces mix is anything but restful: alarms in the distance fall around offbeat rhythms of increasingly diverse dynamics, bringing rain down on the city at night. To end, Fred Ps composition is heavy & uncompromising, yet it quivers with synths washed in beautiful, calming ambience