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Proxima 'Closely' (Blackout)
Bullet-toothed, spearing half-time savagery is the order of the day on this standout from the latest in Blackout’s excellent EP series, and it takes some talent to keep such mayhem so tightly marshalled. Knuckledusting synths are spliced and sequenced via a phalanx of clever drums which ping, dance and shuffle without ever dominating. The effect is to create space and danger despite the onslaught, and it’s devastating.
7/10
