Citystream

The availability of digital technology means that it has become very easy to make mediocre techno, but individualistic electronic dance floor music is still a rarity. This explains why Citystream stands out from the glut of dance records/MP3s released every week. Eric Bray’s work makes references to dubby Basic Channel grooves, lush Detroit sounds and even some IDM, but the end result is greater than these influences, as Bray’s stuttering, driving beats and robotic, metallic percussion rush headlong through techno’s city limits into the shiny machine-powered utopia that Detroit’s introspective futurists promised but could never deliver.