The productions of the Portland, Oregon-based producer wear blaring braggadocio as a toxic veneer, yet beneath the bombasticisms lurk complex club constructions imbued with top-shelf production. Sludgey gushes of belching sonics ooze against subtle vaporous ambience, greasy snares giddily slicing searingly clean synths as chopped-up drum samples break over all. His latest album Syntheism is an experimental narrative of a techno-utopian world where the Akkadian empire became the world’s ruling power, blending both corporate and underground rave sounds for a unique vision of a positive alternate reality.

Aside from his typically genre-crossing collaborations with the likes of G Jones, Claude Von Stroke and Flume, his SHADES project with drum and bass producer Alix Perez brings forth flurries of celestial breakbeats through uncanny alleyways of the mind.

• X-Fade Strategy by EPROM

• X-Fade Strategy by EPROM