Bryan Never – Dark Rooms

The amusingly named Overthink Records embark on a fresh reissue of this gem from Bryan Never, who did the lesser-cited work of disseminating electro-techno for the late-90s US dance lover. First released on Psychoactive, this five-tracker has an unmistakable retro-tinged edge, evidently emergent from the hardware used in its making; and while a straight acid theme might only be established at first, its increasing musicianship makes itself gradually known, as on the synth bells of ‘Suspension’, the tense boss-battle breaths of ‘Churn’, and the mathematic synth bloopery of ‘Keyhole’.