Infinity Pools by Holldën

The last time anyone saw Holldën with a release on his own imprint was back in 2020, with the 4-tracker 'Reach of Contact', which saw the techno producer bring home a unique brand of cerebral floor tracks with an added flavor of cosmic imagery. Since then, the Portugal native has been busy releasing on a slew of top tier labels like Second State, Quartz or Illegal Alien, honing in his skills as an effective dancefloor shaker and beat sculptor. It's little surprise that upon his return to Kuiper Noise he's bringing in the structural loot he picked up during his journey and applying it to the hypno-groovy identity the label became known for. As 'Infinity Pools' clocks in at roughly 24 minutes long, it soon becomes apparent that it moves like a block of packed energy through a field of stardust, picking up in its passage the wonder elements it meets along the way.

It starts off in style with the title track 'Infinity Pools', which immediately reveals its honest approach to body-moving aesthetics from the first chords, heaving and dropping in a dynamic choreography of modernity and fundamentals.

It then moves on to 'Ruby Sands', a more subdued take on dancefloor maneuvering, as it builds into a crescendo of tantalizing bleeps and stabs, then hovers briefly in a state of suspension of belief, and finally plunges head on into a writhing flight of aching beauty.

The penultimate track comes with the name 'Faith Healer', setting the mood straight up with a blaze of deep kicks and spiked drumming, which has the effect of nudging the listener into a false sense of familiarity, before stunning him with an intriguing synth line built over liquid matter, which elevates the track to a new height that it effortlessly manages to maintain throughout.

Finally, the EP ends in style with 'Odd Man Out' - again a soundplay on conflicting forces, initially bashing its way forward with raucous percussion and back breaking kick drums, which are later met by an optimistic aura of wavy arpeggios.

Kuiper Noise is the brainchild of Holldën, techno DJ and producer from Portugal.

His music has been released on Second State, Quartz, Suara, Sungate, Illegal Alien, Out-Er and other reputed labels.

He's a member of Lisbon's Disturb crew.

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