Lurking Underwater EP - Heinrich Dressel (Barba)

Title: Lurking Underwater EP

Artist: Heinrich Dressel

Label: Barba

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Genre: Techno/Electro

1: Creatures From The Abyssus

2: Dark Lake

3: Lurking Underwater (JTC Remix)

4: Lurking Underwater

Well, if the track titles on their own don’t invoke the spirit of Drexciya, then you’ve got the music to back them up. Taking his name from a nineteenth century archeologist, Heinrich Dressel, aka Valerio Lombardozzi contributes a great release to this nascent Burek records offshoot with a release that blends electro with more lush techno soundscapes. ‘Creatures of the Abyssus’ is the aquatically-influenced one, ‘Dark Lake’ is a portentous, cosmic analogue throb which would sound great together with ‘Acid Eiffel’, while ‘Lurking Underwater’ in its original form blends light with dark to create a moody, electro-inflected, techy gem. For his remix, JTC ups the tempo, scoops out the darkness and emphasizes the funk. Every one a winner here.