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Kyrist/Data 3 & Revaux 'New Age Myths' EP (Addictive Behaviour)
The excellent Addictive Behaviour draws together some of the best new names in taut tech-science for a stone-cold corker of an EP. Bristol’s Kyrist flexes her more experimental tentacles with the spidery, squelchy darts of ‘The Drifted’, as wonky synth threads and acidic touches scurry around over athletic, nimble drum flurries. Data 3 specialise in dark tech-rollers hewn from classic sound palettes, and we’re loving the range of intricate shifts on ‘Basilisk’. Check the way the nibbling horror synth vanishes part-way through, and a deliciously organic bass tone replicates its melody instead. Glorious stuff.
8/10