Brandt Brauer Frick have been one of techno’s most consistently interesting acts in the 2010s, crafting rich and effusive tracks which utilise acoustic instruments and found-sound loops as well as classic analog techniques. Perhaps only a matter of time before the trio branched out as solo acts, the debut full-length from Daniel Brandt still comes as a pleasant surprise for those waiting on the main act to follow up 2016 LP Joy. There will be plenty for seasoned BBF-ers to love here. Opener ‘Chaparral Mesa’ spools out from a cell of bass guitar and synth into a jittery groove track, and ‘The White of the Eye’ whirrs and sputters like the tape-loop stuff of mid-period Radiohead. That said, there are enough of Brandt’s own idiosyncracies to make this work stand up on its own - the techno-tango of the title piece, for instance, or the warm beatless interlude ‘Turn Over’.
