tripeo: eighth trip

Darko Esser returns with two powerful, finely-crafted techno pieces on Eighth Trip, his first release since 2015. "Untitled #15" drives forward with sullen aggression; eerie morphing synths gaining strength and swaying atop aggravated deep-hitting drums, all constantly meandering in space and energy. "Untitled #16" is forged with less aggression, but just as much tension; a morose cowbell sounds, offset from a moody drum pattern that beats beneath an extra-terrestrial synth, creeping, and probing, throughout the whole piece. Altogether Eighth Trip is yet another rich-sounding release from a champion of the darker, deeper realms of techno.