DYNAMIC FORCES Vinilo y CD

Review: Dynamic Forces are indeed on show in this slamming new slab from Arts. There is a real sense of control to the opener 'Lyra' despite its forward motion and punchy kicks, while 'Vaulting' gets much wilder and looser with its manic synth lead and raw onset of percussive pressure. Switching up things once more, 'Parallel' is a dubby techno tool and 'Shimmer' reverts to the careful tweaking of a deft lead synth over incendiary beats. 'Radiant' and 'Meraki' bring more raved-up and bouncy peak-time techno fun. This is a very useful and varied 12".

Review: A Pleistocene Future may be one in which we regress to an epoch that begun almost 2.58 million years ago, but that doesn't deter the eponymous label from imagining such throwbacks as advantageous, nor from continuing to hook up mad amphibious techno jawns from producer duo Dyanmic Forces. Made up of two Brunos, Di Berardino and Ruggieri, Dynamic Forces make their Pleistocene debut here, springboarding off of four similarly rugged 2024 EPs for a fifth, wet and wriggling new four-tracker. The show-stealers on this one are 'Resolve' and 'Holding Out', both flipside aerators that wield an effortless sonic blend, adding squeezings of bandpassed bruxism, niggling arp goodness and a dash of techno industrial complexity.

Review: Dolly's TS series looks to the sounds of Italian duo Dynamic Forces here and they come through with a perfect blend of slamming body music and heady synth work across four visceral new cuts. 'Before We Die' kicks off with lashings of sheet metal synths and turbocharged beats. 'Virus' then gets a little larceny with some suspensory pad and icy ringlets of hi-hat over liner beats and 'Ending' then gets deeper and a little more paired back which allows the cosmic synth work to shine. 'Panacea' shuts down with a tight percussive number and high speed dub chords that will rattle walls.

Review: Dynamic Forces' The Pain To Refuse on TH Tar Hallow is a stellar homage to late 90s techno. Side-1 opens with 'Refuse' (String mix), featuring a heavy beat complemented by dramatic strings reminiscent of Purpose Maker's epic sound. 'Self Surrender (MStr-1ng)' follows with classic UK techno vibes akin to Surgeon. On Side-2 there is 'Raw Voltage Rhythms,' a track focused on heavy rhythms and chord-driven warehouse techno. Closing the EP is 'Helix,' the darkest of the bunch, offering a brooding and intense atmosphere. Each track perfectly captures the essence of 90s techno flavours.

Review: Rotterdam label Planet Rhythm has snapped up some searing tech from relative newcomers Dynamic Forces here. The electrifying duo are one again not mucking about here as they serve up some pumping techno bangers that have a playful heart and plenty of great designs buried deep in their unrelenting grooves. 'New Set Up' for example is backlit by a nice heavenly synth glow and 'Plague' is a real head wrecker with twisted leads and super sized hi hats. 'Tango' is a minimal number that moves like a cat on a hot tin roof and seems to get ever quicker throughout.

Review: Strap in for some no-nonsense old school techno with new school production vales here as Dynamic Forces combine for a devastatingly effective four tracker. There is real power in the drum and twitchy synth details of 'Directions' and bumping, twisted, raved up menace defines 'Old Bite' with its barrage of drums and synths. Somehow they manage to find yet another gear with the intense percussive loops and panel-beaten drums of 'TRSR' while 'Substance' gets more freaky with edgy synth motifs darting abut a dark and dense techno groove.

Review: Kerrie's latest proprietorship is the Dark Machine Funk label, to which the Irish DJ and producer brings the weirder ends of techno. Proudly presenting the new K-llab series, Kerrie is here heard partnering with some of her favourite ever artists, offering a fresh take on the sounds and creative processes of each collaboration. Here the collab of choice is Italian duo Dynamic Forces, known for their heavy, old-school-leaning, industrial-influenced techno. The latter artist's 'Moralism' leads the charge with an unsettlingly slippery wonky techno tune agog with stinger plucks resembling horror movie pizzicati, while Kerrie's own 'Good Intentions' betrays perhaps less felicitous outcomes, utilising consequent, spirally leads and all-encompassing synth buzzes of the sinister variety.