( D 91007 ) VARIOUS - Our Own Algorithm Vol.2 (12") Distrito 91 Spain

 The first volume in Distrito 91’s Our Own Algorithm series, which landed in stores last year, was described on these very pages as “a standout electro statement”. This sequel is similarly impressive, with five club-focused workouts to savour. It begins with Fabio Vinuesa’s ‘Numbers’, a pulsating, peak-time ready electro club jam full of mutant acid bass, twisted TB-303 lines, robotic melodies and deep space chords, before Kaftactrl delivers some ghostly, alien-sounding thrills (‘Limbic Crash’, with its eight-bit bleeps and throbbing bassline), and Hoax Believers join the dots between Cybotron and Drexciya on ‘Hulla’. Over on side B, DJ Unisex doffs a cap to Kraftwerk on the foreboding and funky analogue antics of ‘Telekommunication’, while Self Learning System explores more spacey sonic territory on ‘Deep Sea’.