asok: future wars

Liverpool producer Stu Robinson aka Asok follows EPs on M>O>S Recordings (Poltergeist, 2014) and his own Scenery label with the Future Wars EP. The beautiful, melancholic "Future Wars" features its doleful pads, paddy drums, and generous sense of space. Then comes the pricklier "Final Battle," with its spinning hi-hats, daubs of acid, and lingering pads. "Interaction" is a cleaner, clearer track focused on a squelchy lead synth-line. It's nicely mechanical and perfectly offsets the swirling soft-focus pads. "Abandoned Places" is a slo-jack track with skittish, broken-sounding hits and drums, more flecks of acid, and vivid, rusted textures.