Ultra

Zomby’s fourth album cements his place as one of techno’s most seductive doomsayers. Riffing on robotic soul (“Fly 2”), nightmarish video-game blips (“Yeti”), industrial churn and heavy-lidded trap (the Burial collaboration “Sweetz”), *Ultra* evokes both menace and calm—the sound of something lurking in an alley just around the corner.

The fourth full-length from the hermetic UK electronic wizard is his most confident in ages, a fully-formed showcase for his singular ear and audacious production.

Shadowy producer benefits from a formidable cast of collaborators but fails to maintain his customary high standards throughout the duration of a patchy, meandering LP

Zomby’s music continues to ask the question: in what setting is this actually playable?

Following a two-album stint with 4AD and some intermediate short-form releases, such as a pair of EPs for XL, Zomby returned to Hyperdub, the outlet for some of his earliest work.

UK producer Zomby's past releases have consistently harkened back to harder styles like jungle and early rave, and while they're still somew...

Zomby returns with the follow-up to the double album in inverted commas that was ‘With Love’ – that record a cobbled collection of clips