Viers - Freesia (2015)

Jordon Saxton aka Viers drops his first long-player. Given his small but well-rounded catalogue of 12s for labels like Naked Naked and Church, it's no surprise that it's a smartly executed collection of underground techno. It starts in atmospheric mode with the tripped out ambience of "Enter" before moving into the spacey dub techno of "Finding Work" and "Jiro". By the time that Saxton reaches "Moonlighting", he is clearly in the mood for harder fare and it's a firing, percussive affair, led by tough kicks and firing claps. "Haruka" and "Yamada" follow at a similar pace, but the intensity levels are offset by tranced out melodies, while Saxton finishes as he started in sombre mode with the reflective, swinging "Hiroshi Kano".