If the Raster-Noton label is renowned for its experimental and technical electronica, then this 3-track EP – the penultimate in its ‘unun’ series marks something of a departure – at least on the fact of it. Closer inspection reveals the titles reference the first mathematicians and philosophers who contributed to the development of the binary system, and as such, it’s a rock-orientated work that’s still very much born out of the digital world.
An insistent industrial beat and grating bassline drive the opener, ‘Leibmiz’: tremulous guitars slide, waiting over the relentless beat amidst a rising tide of distortion. Ramon Llull’ has a more minimal feel, a spiky, robotix sliver of elemental Krautrock, while ‘Calculus’ brings the album to an ominously dark finale as it bleeps its way into a spiralling vortex of analogue synthesis.
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