Berga Magic EP - Frak (Hypercolour)

Title: Berga Magic EP

Artist: Frak

Label: Hypercolour

Cat Number: HYPE074

Genre: Techno

A1: Tarpaulin

A2: Berga Magic

B1: Monogram

B2: Making Control

An interesting press release accompanies this four tracker, in which Frak get compared to Devo, amongst others, as an example of performance art. I imagine this will be lost on most, but will feel comprehensive in print. Not to worry as the music is interesting enough to compensate, being a dense collage of analogue bleeps, beats and fuzz of slightly varying tempos. Both ‘Monogram’ and ‘Making Control’ fall into the concise bracket, with barely room to maneuver between the beats the space is sought through compact syncopation. ‘Tarpaulin’ and ‘Berga Magic’ on the other hand, contain more space and, ergo, more elongation. It’s six of one and half a dozen of the other here, but it’s very well realised and original.