Tomás Urquieta, Imaabs and Practice form like Voltron to initiate cr1s1s, an unpretentious dancefloor-focused project that swerves complexity in favor of pure visceral rave pressure.
We didn't fully see this one coming that's for sure. Longtime collaborators Urquieta and Imaabs might be best known for their futuristic hybrid dance deconstructions, but as cr1s1s, alongside LOÉ (aka Practice), they take aim at a different target completely. On their second release "El fin de un mundo común" they engineer a short, sharp proof of concept, nailing the pummeling Berghain-ready bussed kick grind on opener 'Genesis' just to prove they can. It's nihilist maximal techno sure, but cr1s1s offer up enough humor to distance themselves from the Euro set, something that develops as they barrel into the skittering, industrial 'Vulgar', and the hard trance and breaks-inspired 'Balance'.
The latter track is a clear standout, lurching from serrated x arpeggiated synth mayhem into choppy dislocated amens and subtle rhythmic trickery, never losing the throbbing 4/4 groove. Versatile Monterrey beatmaker Regal86 turns up for a remix of 'Genesis', flipping the dungeon techno original into a zippy ghetto tech-inspired belter.
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Tomás Urquieta, Imaabs and Practice form like Voltron to initiate cr1s1s, an unpretentious dancefloor-focused project that swerves complexity in favor of pure visceral rave pressure.
We didn't fully see this one coming that's for sure. Longtime collaborators Urquieta and Imaabs might be best known for their futuristic hybrid dance deconstructions, but as cr1s1s, alongside LOÉ (aka Practice), they take aim at a different target completely. On their second release "El fin de un mundo común" they engineer a short, sharp proof of concept, nailing the pummeling Berghain-ready bussed kick grind on opener 'Genesis' just to prove they can. It's nihilist maximal techno sure, but cr1s1s offer up enough humor to distance themselves from the Euro set, something that develops as they barrel into the skittering, industrial 'Vulgar', and the hard trance and breaks-inspired 'Balance'.
The latter track is a clear standout, lurching from serrated x arpeggiated synth mayhem into choppy dislocated amens and subtle rhythmic trickery, never losing the throbbing 4/4 groove. Versatile Monterrey beatmaker Regal86 turns up for a remix of 'Genesis', flipping the dungeon techno original into a zippy ghetto tech-inspired belter.
Tomás Urquieta, Imaabs and Practice form like Voltron to initiate cr1s1s, an unpretentious dancefloor-focused project that swerves complexity in favor of pure visceral rave pressure.
We didn't fully see this one coming that's for sure. Longtime collaborators Urquieta and Imaabs might be best known for their futuristic hybrid dance deconstructions, but as cr1s1s, alongside LOÉ (aka Practice), they take aim at a different target completely. On their second release "El fin de un mundo común" they engineer a short, sharp proof of concept, nailing the pummeling Berghain-ready bussed kick grind on opener 'Genesis' just to prove they can. It's nihilist maximal techno sure, but cr1s1s offer up enough humor to distance themselves from the Euro set, something that develops as they barrel into the skittering, industrial 'Vulgar', and the hard trance and breaks-inspired 'Balance'.
The latter track is a clear standout, lurching from serrated x arpeggiated synth mayhem into choppy dislocated amens and subtle rhythmic trickery, never losing the throbbing 4/4 groove. Versatile Monterrey beatmaker Regal86 turns up for a remix of 'Genesis', flipping the dungeon techno original into a zippy ghetto tech-inspired belter.
Tomás Urquieta, Imaabs and Practice form like Voltron to initiate cr1s1s, an unpretentious dancefloor-focused project that swerves complexity in favor of pure visceral rave pressure.
We didn't fully see this one coming that's for sure. Longtime collaborators Urquieta and Imaabs might be best known for their futuristic hybrid dance deconstructions, but as cr1s1s, alongside LOÉ (aka Practice), they take aim at a different target completely. On their second release "El fin de un mundo común" they engineer a short, sharp proof of concept, nailing the pummeling Berghain-ready bussed kick grind on opener 'Genesis' just to prove they can. It's nihilist maximal techno sure, but cr1s1s offer up enough humor to distance themselves from the Euro set, something that develops as they barrel into the skittering, industrial 'Vulgar', and the hard trance and breaks-inspired 'Balance'.
The latter track is a clear standout, lurching from serrated x arpeggiated synth mayhem into choppy dislocated amens and subtle rhythmic trickery, never losing the throbbing 4/4 groove. Versatile Monterrey beatmaker Regal86 turns up for a remix of 'Genesis', flipping the dungeon techno original into a zippy ghetto tech-inspired belter.