Unconventional Spaces vinyl

There's plenty to set the pulse racing on the latest EP from Italian duo Reform, whose previous releases have combined the paranoid darkness and intensity of classic Roman techno with nods towards more melodious - if still raw and razor-sharp - early morning club fare. They're at it again on opener "Unconventional Spaces", peppering a thunderous, kick-drum driven techno groove with poignant chord sequences and stabs that recall both vintage trance and the big-room friendly techno sound of Drumcode. Luca Agnelli delivers an even heavier and more bombastic remix of the same track on side B, which also includes the spacey riff on lightness and darkness that is "Span", where glacial, intergalactic electronics make way for a trance-inducing techno workout.