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01. Moire - Circuit 15 (Herbert's 'Kyiv Dub')
02. Moire - Circuit 07 (Tolouse Low Trax Remix)
03. Moire - Circuit 04 (Lowtec's "Objects, People, Visions" Remix)
04. Moire - Circuit 18 (Lawrence Remix)
ARTIST
TITLE
Circuits Remixes
FORMAT
12"

LABEL
CATALOG #
AVE66 017EP AVE66 017EP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
11/18/2022

Moiré's rain-streaked and masterful Circuits (AVE66 013LP) album dropped in September 2022. RA's Andrew Ryce stated the eight-track album cast the shadowy producer into "a rarefied air occupied by the only the finest and most influential of ambient techno artists." Now, in short order, the label returns with a remix EP charting out multiple hubs of oblique dancefloor innovation. If there's a sonic motif on the A-side, it's vastly reactive interpretations of the "factory floor" element that inspired techno's pioneers. Matthew Herbert, a pioneering force in his own right, mixes steam engine percussion with the dreamy atmospherics of "Circuit 15" and comes up with eight minutes of cerebral machine funk. Tolouse Low Trax, meanwhile, continues his masterclass in modern motorik on his remix of "Circuit 7," integrating a chiming piano into a fascinating, perfectly-timed 110 BPM rhythm. The B-side, meanwhile, doubles down on the oneiric nature of the original material. Workshop head and Avenue 66 alumnus Lowtec builds allows the synths of "Circuit 04" to billow into Gas-like immersive layering, sheets of melody are anchored by a restrained beat for an ambient techno track that doesn't tip the scales too far in one direction or the other. Rather, it achieves a perfect balance. Hamburg/Dial mainstay Lawrence closes things out with his version of "Circuit 18," which also concludes the original album. While the original has a wistful, Deckard's dream quality, Lawrence's version is deeply-rooted in the late-night German style; a low-slung bassline will keep dancers deeply rooted while those wistful chords sweep in like the violet before dawn.