( EYA 014 ) EDMX - Made In Japan EP (140 gram vinyl 12") Eya

EYA Records continues to grow in stature as they strut into their third year of operation, and they're scoring a big coup with this new release from the ever-prolific EDMX. The man otherwise known as Ed Upton offers up some especially floor-focused tackle here, leading in with the freaky house flavours of 'Made In Japan' before slipping into the shuffling techno freakery of 'Options'. 'Euler' has a punchy thrust to it, and '101 Thru 09' taps into a bleepy vein which calls to mind some of Mathew Jonson's wonkier output from the mid 00s minimal era. It's a different slant to what you might expect from EDMX, but it slots in perfectly on EYA, a label championing warm, outboard twists on the tech house tradition.