Bleep

Tryphème’s Aluminia is a record which marks out a new frontier for Sheffield’s Central Processing Unit imprint. While the label has been at the forefront of European electro and IDM for the past few years, rarely has CPU - or, indeed, anyone else - released a set of tunes which simultaneously pay homage to the history of those styles while also updating their sounds in idiosyncratic new ways. While much of Aluminia is built on the sonics of classic genre artists like Boards Of Canada and Eedl, Tryphème’s willingness to play around and innovate gives the record a distinctly modern sensibility akin to Rrose or Sophie.