May: 8 electro releases you need to hear this month

Cardopusher 'Nothing Left To Believe In' (Zone Records)

Having wowed us with their last release from Aussie lot Mikron, Zone Records welcomes Cardopusher to the family for a five-track affair of imposing electro. The EP’s opener, ‘Nothing Left To Believe In’, is electro at its most primordial. It’s raw and raucous as Cardopusher blends fractured vocals with wild synth work for a cut that sounds like it was smelted in an industrial furnace.

‘Black Cut’ is more dynamic, with an electro groove setting the pace before it’s blitzed with stabbing synth work. ‘Regulator’, in contrast, is heavier, its industrial bleakness emanating from a thick smog of steely drum work and distant vocals. ‘Trouble With Thinking Too Much Acid’ is (as you might have guessed) a wild 303 jam that sounds like a slowly dying soundcard. And finally, ‘War Dance’ is another brilliantly purposeful cut with in-your-face hits and slithering synths.

7/10