The Exaltics :: They Arrive (Crème Eclipse)

This is not simple straight electro, but a sound that folds elements together. The sound is founded in the electro tradition, with the tracks hinting at space music, soundtracks and Detroit.

[Purchase] Amidst all the resurgences, the return of house and the second coming of minimal synth, some artists have continued to burn the midnight oils making electro. Arguably a new breed of electro has grown from this dogged loyalty; a sharper electro, a harsher electro, a more mechanical electro. Labels like Transient Force, Solar One Music and Bunker have fostered this sound. If the imprints are the believers, The Exalitics are the prophets. Since 2007 The Exaltics, aka Robert Witschakowski, has been releasing his brand of coarse and clinical electro, on all the above labels. The dutch imprint Crème Organization have opened their Crème Eclipse sublabel for The Exaltics latest otherworldly 12”, They Arrive.

The record opens in moody form, with the lumbering atmospherics of “See It Through My Eyes.” A sinister soundtrack motif soon becomes apparent as “They Arrive” serves up a dark and terse soundscape. The Exaltics have further developed their abstract astral electronics and deep haunting sounds on here. “The Wrong Direction” gnaws with a dry industrial pain, an agonized throng bellowing amongst the beats. A dark cloud hangs over this record, one fueled by sulfuric emissions and tar, under which tortured souls writhe. Towers of concrete reach into the dense overcast sky with “It Takes,” a bullish and minimal piece. They Arrive is rounded off with the hard hitting 808 electro of “One Circle.” If you like your electro raw, with a surprising 90’s techno break, then you’ll have a field day.

They Arrive sees The Exaltics continue down a route that Witschakowski has been carving since he cut his first track. This is not simple straight electro, but a sound that folds elements together. The sound is founded in the electro tradition, with the tracks hinting at space music, soundtracks and Detroit. There are echoes of Aux 88, DJ Stingray and Dopplereffekt present, but also the likes of Fabio Frizzi and the sinister analogue composers. The Exaltics have once more sent a transmission through the depths of space to the blue dot, and the message is dark.

They Arrive is out now on Crème Eclipse. [Purchase]

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