the orb / the rice twins

Speicher 33

Following the Orb's return with their full-length before christmas "okie dokie it's the orb on kompakt", the orb plot an infinite arc for contemporary art-techno with sovereign good cheer – an absolute anthem in the making, no doubt. Flip for The rice twins – kompakt’s latest discovery from Sweden. If trancey melodies and stuff like that are actually hip again, then this one’s going to run for ever – with a deceptive half speed skanking Balearic synth and measured tread, the pleasing similarities to Superpitcher dissolve into a cosmic moment.