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Unknot - Strain [UNKNOT03]

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Channel: Techno Scene · 2016 · Music

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Artist: Unknot 
Title: Strain / Unknot 03
Label: Unknot
Catalogue: UNKNOT03
Format: 12 Inch Vinyl 
Genre: Electronic 
Style: Techno 
Release date: 21 June 2016

TRACKLIST:
A1: Strain 
A2: Lockt 
B1: Corrosion 
B2: Vapor

Third chapter of the superb project run by Sciahri (Opal Tapes / Ilian Tape) and Emanuele Porcinai (on Contort as WSR)
Limited copies only
Third chapter of the project run by Sciahri (Opal Tapes / Ilian Tape) and Emanuele Porcinai (on Contort as WSR). UNKNOT03 features explorations of dense and warped rhythmical textures ('Strain', 'Vapor'), combined with fast-paced and propulsive pieces ('Lockt', 'Corrosion'). The sound palette remains consistent with the previous releases, where raw synthetic sequences are deployed to shape grooves and melodic lines and to ultimately create alienating artificial soundscapes.

UNKNOT, the collaboration between Italian producers Sciahri and Emanuele Porcinai (AKA WSR), make techno with grit and a leftfield sensibility—the result of the former's versatile, floor-minded ideas meeting the latter's penchant for unpredictable sound sources. Their sound is too wide-ranging to be particularly distinct, as if they're more interested in testing different approaches than honing just one. On their third EP, that makes for a strong A-side and a less impressive B-side. 

"Strain" is a fine cut of fast-paced, evocative techno. It's made of lean, slippery, intricately interwoven broken-beat drums and sustained chords that seem to ooze in from overhead. The noirish "Lockt" packs muscular percussion that feels restrained, while 16th-note riffs squelch and stutter anxiously through the mix. It's solid, but it doesn't quite match "Strain"'s potency, if only because it's less adaptable. 

"Corrosion" is the only track that depends on a straight kick. It's playfully chaotic, with its jagged percussive attacks and unhinged melodies, but it could do without the cricket-chirp FX, which start out adding to the feverish vibrance but grow tiresome. "Vapor" uses a muffled kick, and perhaps as a consequence, it seems stuck between chugging dub techno and trippy ambient, never finding its place.

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