Best electronic albums of 2018: six

6 – Ital Tek – Bodied (Planet Mu)

The opening to Bodied, a track called Adrift, is pure Blade Runner. A city vista. Lights twinkling in the darkness. A craft glides across the sky. The skyscrapers sweep away to the horizon.

And then something terrifying happens. The second track Become Real starts fizzing at the two-minute mark, and the static shock never quite leaves. Something has awakened. This is not a city. This is a creature.

I don’t know what’s possessed Ital Tek, but this is a frightening album, all portent and doom, fully ambient yet as emotionally percussive as all heck. His continued journey away from the dancefloor has produced his best album yet.

The rising sun illuminates the city and the darkness curtains away. The grey buildings show themselves to the new day. This is not Los Angeles 2019. This is Stockport. Dammit. A milk float rear-ends a bollard.



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