While you could describe Zak "DVS1" Khutoretsky's output as fit for purpose, that would have rather unfair connotations. Rather than derivative, his productions have assembly line precision.
It is fair to say you could pluck any number of his releases or remixes and be assured of quality, a sentiment validated by the adoption of his works by the leading names in the techno scene. One such name is Ben Klock, whose Klockworks imprint plays home to this collection of DVS1 tracks.
Fit for purpose implies a guarantee of dance floor momentum but little else beyond toolbox application. However, Klockworks 13 demonstrates that there are stories to be found inside Khutoretsky's pacey techno thud. The EP feels as if it was crafted in a world where the Cold War never ended, one of Orwellian paranoia, manipulation and perpetual war.
Creeping's refrains dance around each other, like two spies trying to gain the upper hand each others chasing tails. Then Spying, as featured on Klock's sublime fabric mix from 2012, runs with the threat of a looming World War 3, its digital blips like the Star Wars missile defence network's urgent scanning for incoming nuclear threat from overseas.
Even the life affirming Detroit techno stab feels like it has been captured and tortured into melancholic distress on Black Russian, released back into its natural environment but forever psychologically tainted. As such, if tension is the card you are looking to play within your techno set, then Klockworks 13 will more than aptly contract muscles and cast dominion
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