SINGLE OF THE MONTH:
The Divide – Divide by Zero (R3tox Digital)
With a string of great records under his belt, The Divide aka Leeds based Daniel Furniss, has been notably quiet over the last few years. Luckily though there has been no early retirement, with tracks here such as "Hazard" and "Earth Worx" being welcome reminders of how good hard techno can still sound. Forget all the distorted and bit reduced drum tracks out there – this is raucous, analogue sounding destruction that treads the distorted line, but in a silkier, more skilful production style to that of most of his peers. Elsewhere the dark, uplifting electro of "I Lift It" and menacing, edit heavy dubstep of "Broken Steppa" add good variety to this EP, making you wonder why this isn't planned for a vinyl release too. Quite simply, it's a corker! 9/10 (SS)