Tobias. Doltz. - Frontiers of Science (Delsin) LP
80年代から活動を開始、Pink Elln名義でAtom Heartと、NSIはMax Loderbauer、Odd MachineはRicardo Villalobosなどコラボレーション作品も多いジャーマン・テクノ異才Tobias.とDJ Nobu’s Bittaから12インチをリリースしているDoltzのコラボレーション・アルバム再び。多彩なリズム・パターンを取り入れた没入エクスペリメンタル・テクノ〜IDMで今作も抜群です。
”Building upon the striking elegance of their first collaboration, Tobias Freund and Shun Watanabe reunite as Tobias. Doltz. for another extended excursion into designer electronica with a warm, dubby glow at its centre. Their first album Versus arrived on Delsin in early 2025 as a result of a chance meeting at Eden Festival the year before. The spark of inspiration led quickly to a complete and coherent first body of work, and the same can be said for its prompt, equally inspired follow-up. Dealing in the gentle hum of digitally sculpted ambience and needlepoint micro-pulses, Freund and Watanabe evoke the experimental spirit and mellow immersion of golden-era clicks n' cuts techno. While that early 00s phenomenon sometimes cracked around the edges of its DSP limitations, here a rich and porous sound world blooms out from the crisply defined structure of each track. At times the palette opens up to more organic sound matter, and there is ample space for full-bodied synths to ratchet down the rhythm, but a strong digital core of granular processing and exacting sound design form the bedrock of the album's subtle, sublime sound. Even though its calm demeanour radiates an instant charm, like all great electronica Frontiers Of Science is an album of hidden depths to be absorbed steadily over subsequent trips.”
【Tracklist】
A1 Orbital Atomic
A2 Catalyst
A3 Red
A4 Dark Forest
B1 Dephonator
B2 Chiral
B3 Nehan
B4 OSA 0
