Artist: Alex Niggemann
Title: Angular
Remixer: Midnight Operator
Label: Aeon
Release Date: February 2016
Cat. Number: Aeon21

 

Tracklist

1. Angular
2. Angular (Midnight Operator Remix)
3. Convection

 

As we turn over into 2016, AEON head honcho Alex Niggemann takes the reins for the label’s second release in the New Year… and what an EP it is! As a DJ, producer and label boss, Alex’s production focuses on the more wistful and melodic side of techno music. With two solid original tracks and a very strong remix from Mathew Jonson’s familiar project Midnight Operator, this release is another in the line of high quality techno that has become synonymous with AEON.

Starting off with ‘Angular’, the A-side, a rising feeling of suspense progressively builds into a melodic trance. Layers seamlessly blend together, lead by an array of arpeggioed synthesisers. All of this is beautifully interlinked with stripped back, subtle drum patterns.

‘Convection’ brings a slightly more percussive based overlay of sound design. Layers of hats and drone like sounds build slowly until an uplifting breakdown, familiar in Alex’s productions, cuts through the track. On remix duties, Mathew Jonson’s alias Midnight Operator (in conjunction with his brother Nathan) brings a fresh approach to ‘Angular’. A psychedelic introduction builds up to a climax, before dropping right down into a very unique stripped back break beat.

Angular EP is another release of quality techno from AEON, a label that is hitting all the right notes with its output, and is fast becoming a fixture in many international DJs’ bags.