Steve Bug
Alto Adige
Poker Flat Recordings
 
Returning to his own brand Poker Flat for the first time since 2011, label boss Steve Bug presents his new EP. Alto Adige contains two original tracks with extended lengths. No radio snippet here, the title track and the second number offer around 8 minutes each. A new wave of spiralling electronic music from this prolific producer is always on the horizon, with Steve Bug recently releasing tunes over on Knee Deep In Sound, Rejected, and Aus Music. Based in Berlin, the German electronic music scene is entwined with the work of Bug as this iconic style of local genre leans heavily on his continual influence.
 
A sneaky house synthesiser rhythm begins to churn with potential energy. Snare taps to the beat with resonant pulses and reverb. The amplitude meander and various aspects of the tone elevate as the rhythm evolves to include hats and bass drum. A build-up-feel spins around in ever-increasing climactic jolts of upward shift. New layers of rhythm bring a swerving synthesiser tone that grasps the bars with harmonising vitality. Eerie, dusty percussion adds metalwork and electronic fizz to the ascending dynamic of the music. Snaking synthesiser tones continue to meander and dance to the persistent pulse that keeps us focused as the rhythm section quiets down for something that’s about to happen. A dance epic ensues as the rhythms recapture the sense of flow and the melodics continue to thrust their influential doctrine forward with ever more layers and depth.

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