Playmodes :: Plegat EP (Discontinu)

An electrical smattering filled with detailed microscopic flickering.

Playmodes’ Plegat extended player for Spain’s Discontinu is simply an electrical smattering filled with detailed microscopic flickering. Four original pieces and a rendition has Playmodes flexing a veritable mixture of styles that will hopefully yield a full-length album. “Temps: Frecuencia” pushes sizzling digital clicks, crackling bass and a rhythmic allure of eroded bleeps not unlike those emanating from Raster-Noton headquarters. “Trencacloques” leaves a glitch’n rumble trail—a balance of crisp sound snippets and melodic bubbles that take on various geometrical shapes. “Fold” reflects a swirling cosmos of claps, crashing atoms, synths sway and raw deformed data blasts. “Fold” receives a remix by Motorheidi which nudges the track into upbeat, head-bobbing terrain. “Autofunk” is perhaps the most coherent slice of Autechre-inspired acrobatics and funky electronic pulsars. “Núvol” migrates into minimized bass crunching packed with smoldering electroacoustic buzzing and buried melodies with a slight dubstep lullaby. Ultimately Plegat is an essential electronic passageway into what is very likely to be a sparkling future for the talented musician.

Plegat is available on Discontinu. [Release page]

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