Title: Signs of Disarray (Midnight Shift)
Artist: Intergalactic Gary
Label: Midnight Shift
Cat Number: MNSX018
Genre: Techno
A1: Signs of Disarray
A2: Invisible Intruder
B1: Nickel From The Bumper
B2: Mystified
As someone who doesn’t produce much, Intergalactic Gary’s releases are eagerly anticipated. His last outing was in 2016 with Pasiphae so three years later what do we have? Well, it’s gratifying that he hasn’t gone too far out on a limb with this release. Each of the tracks here would fit nicely in one of his sets, and resist the overly experimental. That’s not to say there aren’t worlds contained within the grooves. ‘Signs of Disarray’ differs slightly from the other tunes in its skittish nature and cavernous production. I daresay it’s as big room a sound as Gary gets; having said that, the whole release has an expansive sound; due, no doubt, to the mixing and mastering courtesy of Redshape and Simon of the exchange respectively. The other three compositions are all slow burners, insistent in their capacity to grind out a result. ‘Invisible Intruder’ stands out for me. It’s cold war melancholia making me nostalgic for the good old days: Interail travel through central Europe when it cost £30 for four weeks. Both ‘Nickel From The Bumper’ and ‘Mystified’ let a pervasive ominousness rise and fall in tandem with each other; the latter having the air of a paranormal incantation for a parallel church.
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