Bleep

A striking reappraisal of his earlier work as well as a defiantly vivacious dedication to his former collaborator Mika Vainio, Ballades sur lac gelé sees producer Franck Vigroux deliver a deeply inventive set of genre-twisting electronica. ‘Drive’ bursts open from rhythmic chips to an industrial-electro strut, as discordant tones spread across the mix with the force of many traction engines. Things only grow more menacing from there, as dub ambiences spill out into pure bombast.