SONS/Nuagon Infinite Oceans Vinilo y CD

Review: This may be a debut outing for Naone, but Timothee Victorri has been busy over the last few years as S.O.N.S, Fulbert, SYO and more. The vibe on this collaborative release is one of introspective rave, kicking off with the epic "Pacific" which generously doffs its cap to Bicep with its staccato vocal snippets and brooding mood. "Kame" has a deeper techno tone, richly melodic but tastefully submerged. "Project One" takes things in an acidic direction, and "Separate Ways" finishes things off on a melancholic, beatless tip. Previous S.O.N.S releases have flown out, and we expect this to be no different.

Review: Seoul-based Frenchman Timothee Victorri has been in fine form of late, offering up a string of unusual - but undeniably brilliant - breakbeat techno cuts that recall the psychedelic, mind-altering brilliance of the early '90s ambient techno movement. Here he dons a new alternative alias, SYO, in order to explore a more trance-influenced sound. A-side "Tears" sounds a little like a long lost early '90s psychedelic trance workout: all undulating acid lines, rising and falling, arpeggio style bass, dramatic builds and drops and plenty of hallucinatory electronic flourishes. "Dune" sees him strip out the beats while leaving plenty of rhythm, recalling some of the more trippy, ambient techno cuts popular in the same period; certainly, we could imagine a spacesuit-clad Mixmaster Morris dropping it at the Fridge in Brixton around 1992.