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‘Black Lotus’ follows Walton’s inclusion on Tectonic’s landmark 100th release – Riko Dan’s ‘Hard Food’ EP, plus the ‘Praying Mantis’/ ‘Koto Riddim’ 12” (also on Tectonic) and the ‘Taiko’ EP on Kaizen – the latter two of which hinted at the album’s sound, but didn’t fully prepare us for the brilliance to come. Abstract electronics, grime, dubstep and new styles that don’t even have a name yet coalesce perfectly on this classic in the making. It finds Walton at peak power, reaching just as far (if not more so) than anything on the Pan, Different Circles, Boxed or Tectonic catalogues for pure futurism and new-terrain-traversing brilliance.