Tales From The Underworld EP vinyl

Vincent Raude's Upwellings moniker has given us a whole selection of deep, dub techno sounds for us to engulf our minds with. We say that because we find the genre, and particularly his strain of it, to be invariably soothing both for the body and the mind. The mysterious figure appears herein for the equally imperceptible Tiefenrausch label, out of Germany, with four subtle killers. "Echos From The Past" deep dives into an aqueous world of sludgy computer grooves and dubbed-out effects, followed by the more tranquil pastures of the slow, meandering trails of "Stones Lullaby". The flipside takes us into Basic Channel territories thanks to its warm, glowing waves of delay, whereas "Hearing The Solar Winds" dissolves the whole tempo down to a murky, almost beatless assortment of sonics that have more in common with drone and industrial than dance music. We love that last track, and it's spurred us to give this tidy dub techno affair a big ol' tip!

Rick Hopkins