In a classic flourish of reinvention, the second Octogon Man album finds the tireless J. Saul side-stepping the dusty hip hop of his Depth Charge productions by laying down a set of sci-fi fuelled analogue experiments.
Whereas electro rhythms and taut beats are pervasive, the mood of 'Ito Calculus' owes as much to the strange musical ambience of classic sci-fi films as it does to the street sounds of 1980's New York and Detroit.
Layers of sine wave inertia (Eff, Emm & Gass) link bass heavy robo-jams (10ft Violins & Mass) with John Carpenter-esque electronics (Aif & Codion) to form a cinema-scope electro opus.
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