Helena Hauff - Living With Ladybirds (Fabric Originals)

 

Title: Living With Ladybirds

Artist: Helena Hauff

Label: Fabric Originals

Cat Number: FRO003

Genre: Techno

1: Jonas

2: Your Turn To Fly

3: Touching Plastic

4: Pinch

As might be expected from a Helena Hauff production, this takes no prisoners. It’s far from heavy handed though, and maintains an undercurrent of mystique. ‘pinch’ is a crackling techno geiger counter of a tune, sharp around the edges and punching into infinity. ‘Touching Plastic’ feels a little more tempered, as if it’s passed through a beat pacifier on its way to being certified ready for action. Both of these tracks are relentless in a way that doesn’t feel formulaic. ‘Jonas’’ is a funkier tune by virtue of its fluctuating, occasionally jarring synth stabs, and ‘Your Turn To Fly’ throbs throughout; using Detroit-inspired synth stabs which feel rendered through the looking glass. There’s a brooding solemnity about the whole release that engenders reflection as a necessary rite of passage before euphoria. Which is nice.