The Church: Recorded At The Graciosa Studio In Los Angeles CA CD

French producer Quentin Dupleix has always been a master of musical shape shifting, just as capable of producing quirky film soundtracks and eccentric electronica as twisted techno and intense, strobe light house. His real genius, though, lies in his ability to appropriate contemporary and vintage electronic styles and make them his own. Certainly, that's what he offers on The Church, his first non-soundtrack full-length since 2011's Ed Banger released Stade 2, and a fine debut set on Brainfeeder. So while there's plenty of raw, noisy house and techno, it often comes mangled with the sounds of trap, post-dubstep, eight-bar grime, and, on a couple of occasions, vintage '80s electro. The result is an unsurprisingly in your face set that excites and confounds in equal measure.