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Experimental electronica that shakes you then seduces you. Befitting a duo who only answer to the names ‘D’ and ‘A’, there a few simple entry points to Patten’s music. However, repeated listens soon reveal hypnotic properties lying beneath the abrasive surfaces. “Dialler” packs comforting synth riffs within its fragmented, clattering beats, the transfixing “Used 2 Be” imagines an alien abduction of grime, and, like a restorative ice bath, Sonne’s rigid rhythms begin as bracing but quickly become energising.

Known simply by as "D" and "A," patten have long been at the forefront of innovative and experimental electronic music. They've refused to r...