Red Shift EP - Speedy J

Red Shift EP

Speedy J [Electric Deluxe]

#07 in this month's The 20

• Written by: Ryan Keeling
• Filed under: The 20: electric deluxe speedy j

Delivering his first single for over two years, Dutch techno pioneer Speedy J continues to break new ground with the ‘Red Shift EP’ for his own Electric Deluxe imprint.

Created using parts from his ‘Kreate’ sound library, this two-track release sees something of a change of pace from the veteran producer with the busy, industrial leanings of his hitherto work replaced with stripped-back, but no less menacing arrangements. 

Title track ‘Red Shift’ sounds like a machine exhaling, spitting sharp, metallic groans as it works.

The sense of foreboding is retained on B-side ‘Bootes’ with all its melody eschewed in favour of pitched, whirring percussion and grey-tinted ambience.

As Beatportal’s Lee Smith recently put it, “the murky limbo between grey-scale electronics and bleak ultra-minimalism, it’s a startling return to the fray from a true techno master.”

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