Chaos Energy And Bliss

I'm a big fan of Daniel Avery's ambient/ industrial techno. His run of albums from Song For Alpha in 2018 to Illusion Of Time (with Alessandro Cortini in 2020, just as the first lockdown kicked in) to Love + Light (also from 2020) and then last year's Together In Static have been as much part of my listening habits over the last few years as anyone else's. He recently announced the release in the autumn of his next one, Ultra Truth, which will include Lone Swordsman, his affecting, emotional tribute to Andrew Weatherall. The first taster for Ultra Energy came a few weeks ago with Chaos Energy, five minutes of heart stopping, intense, vibrant melodic techno. After two years of difficult times and pent up emotions, reflected in Daniel's music, uneasy and dark in places, this feels alive and celebratory. 

Yesterday the B-side to Chaos Energy came out digitally. Daniel says Bliss is 'shoegaze rave', made to play live, and driven by rapid, rattling drums and some of those synthlines that send shivers running up and down your central nervous system. Ultra Truth is out in November.