Monophace - Random Factor

Right now this album style is set in discogs as "breaks/electro". That gives a certain idea of what to expect on the follower of the fantastic "Cinemascope": less drum 'n bass patterns, more glitches. If the previous album had some bits of the clicks 'n cuts (and microhouse) fashion that made Mille Plateaux and Force Inc/Tracks dominate the electronic world back then, in this one the idea spreads through all the album, making it sound less than a Kabuki side project and more like the rest of the albums of this duo. This, again, makes their tracks sound unique and intriguing, but the sense of melody is weaker this time, some samples are definitively annoying (Time to Function), some tracks seem more underdeveloped than minimal (Lense), and some effects sound more funny than intriguing. Anyway, there is a reason to get this album, the nightmarish, obsessive and powerful "The Need", which sets the psychotic mood perfectly with the vocals by Dahlia Strecker and suggests a lots of terrifying things with her whispering with anger and dispair "how can you say our story comes to an end". Beautiful and scary, it's one of the highlights of Bleckmann/Wenner long and interesting career as electronic producers/composers.