Doug Cooney – Darkest Hour EP

Ever-more essential Irish techno talent Doug Cooney shows his credentials here with a great-looking and sounding picture disc. ‘Past Existence’ blows you away from the off with its high-speed drums and urgent, squealing synth and weighty basslines. ‘Darkest Hour’ is just as edgy with suspenseful stabs and brutalist drums slamming down hard. ‘Determinist’ brings a cerebral freak out with its unsettling synths and ‘Shukran’ closes with a restless spirit and more visceral drums. Dave Clarke has already thrown his considerable musical weight behind these on his legendary White Noise show, as well as dropping ‘Darkest Hour’ in several live shows. So, if these jams are good enough for ‘The Baron’, they are good enough for you.