OCB: The Sequel 12″ EP (Metroplex, 2023)
June 2, 2023 at 7:07 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment
OCB: The Sequel 12″ EP
One of the newest Metroplex releases is this
five-track EP from Moroccan DJ Driss Bennis, aka OCB. I picked this up straight from the Metroplex booth at Movement this year. Even though it’s totally unrelated, to me it brings to mind the Mano de Fuego EP on UR last year, in that it has the unmistakably Detroit techno-electro feel but comes from some place totally different. The first track on here is a continuation of the title track to OCB’s previous release, last year’s
Transhuman X-Press, and it continues on a Kraftwerk-but-Detroit path. “Global Warning” is lush and rainforest-like but also alien, with bird calls and vibraphone-like patterns along with fluidly morphing synth notes. “Syntax Error” is nothing but a locked-in electro groove and glitchy Spean-N-Spell voices, and it needs nothing else. “Translate” channels the bleepier side of Detroit circa Transmat’s early catalog. “But in Time” is a more reflective, midtempo electro track with piano melodies, breakbeats, and scratches.
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