Repress alert!! Unfortunately without full colour sleeve.

Minimal techno is generally said to be pointillistic in nature. But Ricardo Villalobos’ new EP for Cadenza (his first for the label, and his first new release since the Chromosoul 12 for Perlon and his much-discussed For Disco Only 12") turns its attention to the importance of the line—not the dots, but the connect. Not the pinpricks, but the thread. Instead of techno’s conventional 4- and 8- and 16-bar figures, the tracks on this double twelve drift of their own accord; they sound less like standard 12" sides than edits of Villalobos’ spiraling live sessions, where loops uncoil into long, slinky springs. Each track feels like it has three or four discrete sections, but you’d be hard-pressed to determine exactly where A morphed into B into C. Achso is a moody record – contemplative, melancholic, angry, a little bitter at times, and also guardedly euphoric, emphasizing an all-encompassing psychedelia reminiscent of Krautrock, the Chilean progressive folk/rock of Los Jaivas, and even Southeast Asian string music with psychedelic undertones running throughout. Essential!