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Octogen
The Emperor’s Apprentice
soma Records
3/5

This latest release from soma’s newly signed Marco Bernardi, also known as Octogen, comes in two parts: The Emperor’s Apprentice Pt.1, with its wonky snyth and pounding bass, followed, surprisingly, by The Emperor’s Apprentice Pt. 2, upping the tempo, beefing up the kick drum and glitching up the already blippy synth. Both are solid tunes, perfect for filling and keeping a dancefloor, the mixture of drums and synth keeping a steady beat to groove to. Alongside Conflicting Bells, with its horribly clashing and, at times, annoying, bell effects, and the impending-doom filledPerimeterfunktioncontrol rounds off an EP that can only be likened to a journey into oblivion. As a result, things can tend to be long and repetitive, and mostly suited to being played to a crowded, jumping dancefloor. It wouldn’t do you any harm to check this out if it’s your kind of thing, though.

http://www.myspace.com/marcobernardi
http://www.somarecords.com/artists/octogen/
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