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Luke Slater

Calling Luke Slater a utilitarian may sound a bit pejorative. However, this Brighton boy takes advantage of the best attributes from the worlds of electronica and hip-hop, and aims to please with his latest batch of slippery, turbo-charged mixes. While providing his fair share of block-rockin' beats, Slater is obviously aware of techno's repetitive nature and consequently does his best to keep you on your toes, employing unique elements like quick change-ups ("Let Eat All Vanbrook") and robotic vocal infusions that add a post-modern experience to their respective tracks ("Sum Tom Tin" and "All Exhale"). What hurdles this heroic DJ over the countless hordes of feeble-minded techno-attempting monstrosities is his keen knack for a solid beat. In an age of short attention spans, Slater is constantly inventing and revising his multi-rhythmic patterns and then efficiently interlacing them to produce pleasingly complex tracks that are like electronic experiments, brimming over the edge of a chaotic collapse. The high energy output of Wireless may have a few of you wetting yourr pants due to the extreme bumptiousness of certain tunes, but Slater's more concerned with delivering that extra piece of pizzazz that procures a satisfied grin from his listeners. Utilitarian? Perhaps. Meticulously focused on his goals? More likely.

Luke Slater
Wireless
NovaMute
CD

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Review by Andrew Magilow

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