Rotating Assembly
Rusty Waters

Somewhat surprisingly, "Psychotic Window" is Bjarki's second full-length outing of 2019 - though eagle-eyed readers may note that it was previously available as a "secret bonus album" within the highly limited edition boxed version of its predecessor, "Happy Birthday". It's therefore unsurprising that it explores similarly sonic territory, with the Icelandic artist flitting between glacial ambient, moody, Biosphere style IDM, dubbed-out doom-scapes, post trip-hop breakbeat fuzziness, unsettling electronica, Autechre-esque beat tracks and stripped-back, sub-heavy techno. While stylistically varied, it's uniformly moody and atmospheric, with a creeping sense of paranoia and despair that pervades even the most melodic of tracks.

Chez Damier and Ben Vedren's H2H project recovers from its intense Villalobos session last year with a brand new original and two exceptional remixes from Detroit OG Thomas Barnett. "Les Perdre" (which apparently is still in demo phase but sounds great to us) creates a superb spring effect in the groove with clever reverse textures before suddenly dropping into organ heaven mid way. Elsewhere we find Barnett adding a little warm analog spring to proceedings himself as he gives "Berlin Nights In Paris" and (fittingly) "Made In Detroit" his own titanium jack and subtle tendrils of acid.