AS

Club music becomes a post-apocalyptic playground of creaking seesaws and melted shrapnel on Amnesia Scanner\'s *AS*. Utilizing a jagged, metallic palette similar to that of peers like Lotic and Rabit, the Berlin duo dole out doomy, reverb-soaked trap on \"Crust\" and distortion-shredded trance synths on \"Wood Gas,\" while \"Chingy\" is a concussive fusion of rave and dancehall. The bookending \"Gardens Need Walls\" and \"Atlas\" wander furthest from dance music convention, drawing melancholy melodies on jittery synth and plucked koto into wildly abstracted shapes.

The Berlin duo Amnesia Scanner make electronic music that feels both organic and alienatingly futuristic.  Even at its most mordant, AS somehow remains accessible and exciting, uncomfortable music you can dance to.

AS is the first proper release by cryptic Berlin-based electronic duo Amnesia Scanner, following several tracks and mixes posted online as well as collaborations with Holly Herndon, Mykki Blanco, and Bill Kouligas.