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Returning to Plus 8 for the third time, Julian Jeweil’s profile as a contemporary techno titan
has continued to grow. The Frenchman is now a firm part of the family and, when not in the
studio, can be found owning dancefloors across Europe and beyond, putting to good use the
experience he has built up over the last ten years since first emerging.
The EP opens with the titular track, ‘Bastard’ – a rolling, cyclical techno groove with slapping
drums and dark, heavily filtered vocal loop. Tension comes from layered, skewed synths that
grow louder and louder till breaking down into white noise waves that flood the rest of the
mix.
‘Hey You’ has just as firm and rubbery a bottom end, but here the iron-like synths bring a
little funk as tiny FX percolate right at the heart of the track. Wholly abstract as ever, all sorts
of other aqueous sounds drip in and out, conjuring thoughts of long dark tunnels
disappearing deep underground.
On ‘The Gang’ Jeweil lays down a restless, paranoid arrangement that sounds infected by
alien space ships as an ominous vocal beams down from above. One synth here triggers
another one there, making sure the whole thing is dynamic and filmic in its make-up.
Closing out the EP is ‘Zoulou’, another steely techno stomper over run by alien sounds and
non-human noises. Though his techno surely makes you dance, Julian Jeweil also knows
how to get the most of his studio equipment and colours his tracks with more than enough
detail to keep your mind as active as your feet.