Constellations Vol 1 vinyl

The first record in a new series of VA releases, 'Constellations Vol. 1', features Zeta Reticula, LUZ1E, Serge Geyzel, Aura Nox, Vertical67 and Ufaze. 'Dial That Number' opens with vanguard skirmishes of buckshot FM bass and sonic warmongery, a robo-voice superegoically charging the listener with a command to "dial that number" amid bloopy sonic ratiocinations and momentary forgoings of bass. Luz1e's 'Data Motions' recalls the scope and intensity of the recent DJ Stingray 313 release, with its titular musings on data fungibility and capture proving apt to the track's metallic snares and full-bodied gnarls. Geyzel's track moves more electric and playful, record scratches and synth piques-and-jerks galore. The B-siders move more barren and ruinous, with planetarily stacked cairns of bass layering, girding and trussing the mixes of 'Non Stop Overstimulation' (a tautology if you think about it) and 'Tear Down Those Walls'. Finally 'I Should Have Known' sounds more conclusive, its sense of finality and solubility helped along by snares and kick transients that, rather than merely contrasting them, seep into the track's overall dystopian smog.