London-born DJ / producer Inigo Kennedy has certainly amassed a formidable past resume of work, with almost 100 releases under his belt for labels including Audiobulb, Molecular Recordings and his own Asymmetric imprint, under his own name, as Tomito Satori (his harsh industrial project) and as the more experimental loop-based Reducer. During this time, he’s managed to attract the patronage of Jeff Mills, who expressed “serious interest” in his Reducer tracks and also cultivate a busy DJ schedule that regularly takes him around the world, particularly to Central Europe, apparently his most devoted audience. This seven-track mini-album represents Kennedy’s first release on Rednetic and shows him exploring a considerably diverse range of moods, ranging from elegant glitchy IDM through to more propulsive minimal techno offerings.
Opening track “Passing Doorways’ certainly bears more than a passing resemblance to Plaid and Autechre with its oceanic drift of harsh contorted textures and flickering pops, but it’s brought into vivid life by the addition of delicately wavering organs and windchime-like tones, adding a human element that stamps personality onto the electronics. “Runway Dreams’ meanwhile opts for sinister night-drive atmospherics that certainly call to mind the brooding nocturnal electro explorations of Detroit progenitors such as Juan Atkins, while the forlorn “A Timeless State’ even reveals a touch of downbeat jazz lurking in its languid bass pads and shimmering melodic tones. Easily one of the strongest Rednetic releases I’ve encountered so far, “Transaction’ shows Kennedy’s emotional commitment to his work clearly seeping through on every track here.
