Zona de Curva

These German space cadets used to make dubby techno. On this, their third album, they go against the prevailing zeitgeist and take inspiration from Detroit, not Berlin. Lazy textures, warm, fluid rhythms and lush strings prevail on ‘Bon Voyage’ and the hypnotically melodic ‘International’. Yet Zona is not just a sonic love letter to Derrick May and Carl Craig’s back catalogues: ‘Theory’s Dead’ and ‘Brain Eater’ also make references to experimental glitch and electro bass and, on the wild ‘Unformatted’, the wildest excesses of the 303.