Yellow Machines is back after a 5 year break with a solid four track EP, two original tracks from ΠΕΡΑ ΣΤΑ ΟΡΗ or PERA STA ORI (Greeklish) and two completely reworked versions from Brenecki and ScanOne. For fans of Skam, Analogical Force, and Furthur Electronix, these tracks touch on distorted electro with early 90’s Sheffield techno references, bleeps, drones, and breaks. A solid all round EP for the braindance crew and raveheads.
What more is there to say? The brief press paragraph for this powerful EP sums it up perfectly: “Yellow Machines is back after a 5 year break with a solid four track EP, two original tracks from ΠΕΡΑ ΣΤΑ ΟΡΗ or PERA STA ORI (Greeklish) and two completely reworked versions from Brenecki and ScanOne. For fans of Skam, Analogical Force, and Furthur Electronix, these tracks touch on distorted electro with early 90’s Sheffield techno references, bleeps, drones, and breaks. A solid all round EP for the braindance crew and raveheads.” What else would you expect? All four tracks literally grab the ears, heart, and feet with a vengeance.
The first piece is culled from Numb Capsule’s 2017 Fragments compilation titled “Kato Apo To Dentro”—a rapid-fire broken-beat and bass smorgasbord that is packed to the brim with high-energy mechanical rhythms and crashing melodies. Elsewhere ΠΕΡΑ ΣΤΑ ΟΡΗ invites Yellow Machines label head (ScanOne) to tear apart “Gone Beautiful,” a fierce slice of life that brings together classic abstract breaks with early Tri-Repetae-era (Autechre) beats that eventually transform into a visceral onslaught. Brenecki takes “Gone Beautiful” and adds an emotional spin to it—industrial-IDM, loosely drifting synthesizer tones busted up by a crunchy percussive grooves. The original “Gone Beautiful,” perhaps an ode to early 90’s Artificial Intelligence-era finesse is carefully maneuvered with ricocheting dark-electro strands that fans of the above-mentioned imprints should take notice of.
A highly recommended extended player for abandoned buildings, dystopian landscapes, and intense armchair listening sessions creating a nostalgic sonic reawakening with a punch.
Iskios is available on Yellow Machines.
