RICHARD DEVINE – SYSTIK
2020-10-12Across his SYSTIK LP, producer and sound-designer Richard Devine strikes a fine balance between inventive electronic composition and a thrilling sense of immediacy. What we have here is acid done Devine-style recorded in January of 2020 using only a small 7U Intellijel portable modular system, Roland TR-8S drum machine, 2 Eventide H9 effects pedals, and two modified TB-303’s. ‘Entcid’, the epic track with which this LP opens, brings the listener expertly into the world of SYSTIK. Across an eighteen-minute run-time Devine takes in passages of feverish music which swirl together influences from acid techno, braindance and broken-beat electro in brilliantly unique ways. The beats may vary throughout, but a sense of forward-motion propels the track ever onwards, even at its glitchiest there is still plenty of pulse to ‘Entcid’.