Rhythmic funk and drum machines gone rampant, Fleck E.S.C. delivers a perfectly compact EP to keep us cool enough not to notice the blistering summer heatwave.
Robo-rhythms and classic electro shenanigans
Franck Collin (aka Fleck E.S.C.) is a recognizable name in dark electro corridors, and Walking Free, a four track extended player, allows the multi-talented French electronic music producer (now based in Tokyo, Japan) to further flex his sonic skills. The robo-rhythms and classic electro shenanigans of “B-Love” are nothing short of mind-altering, and a welcomed entrance to the EP.
Bass-blasted, bleep-infested, and cataclysmic breaks pervade on Walking Free as the title-track provides just enough soundtrack motifs and subdued mood-shifts acting as a breather before “New Schedule” shakes and rattles its low-end thump across glitchy/ambient strands. Collin’s classic and forward thinking electro-contours are on full-display. Closing with the darkest of the lot, “Unmatched Decay” ricochets across a wider sound spectrum, its piercing echo’s and cybernetic groove tilts the proverbial IDM/breaks envelop just far enough so we don’t completely slip away.
Rhythmic funk and drum machines gone rampant, Fleck E.S.C. delivers a perfectly compact EP to keep us cool enough not to notice the blistering summer heatwave.
Walking Free is available on Woodwork. [Bandcamp]
