The infectious acid lines are ever-present - the hands-in-the-air breakdowns, the rolling basslines - but this is a different side to Keith Farrugia's prolific output that brings in influences from ambient to downtempo to bassbin-worrying bangers. Your browser does not support HTML5 audio. Large toggle button 00:00 / 00:00 Previous track button Next track button Small toggle button A1. AMBIENT TALK Small toggle button A2. RECORDED FEELINGS Small toggle button B1. ALL NIGHT Small toggle button B2. RADIANT CHORDS Small toggle button C1. VCLEXP Small toggle button C2. 90S CHORDS Small toggle button C1. 140BPM MADNESS Small toggle button C2. SPACE WONDER Small toggle button C3. IT GETS BETTER IN THE END It's fair to say Malta's Sound Synthesis is associated with spacey, acid-flecked electro. But here, on his first album for Gated, a deep vein of old-school influenced breaks comes to the fore. The infectious acid lines are ever-present - the hands-in-the-air breakdowns, the rolling basslines - but this is a different side to Keith Farrugia's prolific output that brings in influences from ambient to downtempo to bassbin-worrying bangers. Take opener Ambient Talk, which kicks into life with skittish drums, or the woozy vocal-led All Night, which makes sharp use of the Amen break, as does album highlight 90s Chords. Yes there are classic Sound Synthesis melodies throughout these nine tracks, but there's also a darker side, exemplified by the aptly-named 140BPMadness, which showcases Farrugia at his most ferocious. Cat no. GTDLP7Released: 27th June 2025
