There is plenty of time until this amazing release sees the light, but we must share the news, because UFO95‘ debut on Tresor is pure fire and outstanding sounds. The 6-track EP entitled ‘Backward Improvement’ is going to be released on March 8th, 2024 in Vinyl & Digital formats via Tresor Records (TRESOR346 – 12″ / Digital). Stay tuned!
Writing about techno is quite difficult without falling into cliché: there are only so many ways that you can say something about a music whose core elements are forged on deliberate repetition; where real talent is attributed to those who can find the perfect groove where nothing needs added or subtracted to hold the listener’s attention for upwards of five minutes.
Such tracks are the hallmark of Tresor’s catalogue, and this joy in repetition can be found in works from Detroit, Berlin, Birmingham, Edinburgh, and more. And it is through this lens that Parisian artist, UFO95, focuses his output, resulting in Backward Improvement, an EP that sits perfectly in the spectrum of techno found in the Tresor chronology.
The title itself makes an abstract reference to the influence of the classics of the genre, inspiring him to take a distinct less-is-more approach to production for this collection of stripped-down yet unrelenting techno chiselled from the live set which has fixed UFO95 as one of the next holdfasts for the future of the scene.
Perhaps it is the fact the UFO95 only performs live that had led to such crisp and focussed studio productions.; each of the tracks showcase the artist’s burgeoning talent for creating the essential foundations of techno; perfect, looping, instinctual grooves that are counterbalanced by an apprehensive tension from off-key tones.
Backward Improvement marks the addition of a new name in the list of techno’s best producers and proves that while the genre may now be in its 40th year there are yet sonic explorations to be made and variations that are worth unearthing.
Pre order Vinyl: Bandcamp
Tracklist.
A1 / 1. Cogitor
A2 / 2. Sexual Tension
B1 / 3. Fragment
B2 / 4. Solar
B3 / 5. Gargk
DX / 6. Wallon
All tracks written, produced and mixed by Killian Vaissade
Mastering by Mike Grinser at Manmade Mastering
Published by Underscope
Cat. No. TRESOR346 – All rights reserved
℗ & © Tresor Records 2024
www.tresorberlin.com
Press pictures by: © Guillaume Barrau
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