CTRLS
ROUTING
Token / TOKEN72
12 Inch
(incl 4 Tracks + 2 Locked Grooves) The Ctrls Class Of Inventive, Inorganic Techno Is A Mainstay Of Tokens Output. For His Ninth Solo Ep, He Takes A Trip Down A Back Alley To The Spirit Of Some Of His Earlier Releases On The Label.
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The Ctrls class of inventive, inorganic techno is a mainstay of Token's output. For his ninth solo EP, he takes a trip down a back alley to the spirit of some of his earlier releases on the label.
The Shortest Path starts with flitting high-end precision accompanied by a gracefully deviating tone that's as close to the natural world as Ctrls is prone to handing over. It takes on new life with a sparse and ultra-synthetic groove.
Rush Hour is gripped by an acute yet almost-imagined drone that builds intensity before going all in. The oddball break takes it down and whips back around to shuddering effect.
Crash is a full-scale collision. Slamming into that Ctrls brand of strange and discordant percussive details, a fierce and perfectly unpleasant bass is teased by semi-conscious accents.
Highway comes in on a half-step, straightening up with a muted klaxon crescendo into hypnotic transit.
A first for Token, the Routing EP includes two staggering, driving locked grooves crafted in the spirit of the rest of the record.[txt from ]