Description
2024, 12″ EP, Nous’klaer Audio.
Following two tidy outings on Delsin in 2022 and a sole EP on BItta last year, Konduku (real name Ruben Uvez) returns to Nous Kla’er Audio, the label on which he made his name. In keeping with much of his output, the four tracks on offer present a richly percussive, dark room ready take on techno that draws inspiration from a multitude of contemporary and classic styles. Opener ‘Kilm’ is dark, thickset and clandestine, joining the dots between the polyrhythmic workouts of Livity Sound and Timedance and the pitch-black intensity of Rotterdam techno. On ‘Meskendir’, Uvez wraps gorgeous melodic loops and mind-mangling aural textures around a deep but bass-heavy groove, before opting for a more hypnotic and intergalactic sound on ‘Ebedi’. Closing cut ‘Hafif’, meanwhile, hides its skittish tempo in a cascade of sparkling melodic motifs and warm sub-bass.
