Narciss – Language Of Love EP

For the last few years, German producer Narciss has been at the forefront of the fusion of trance and techno, delivering tracks and EPs that sound like a cooler, more underground take on Drumcode's gargantuan, big-room friendly sound. He's at it again on the Language of Love EP, his first outing on Lobster Theremin. He begins via the slamming beats, razor-sharp trance synth riffs and mind-melting acid lines of 'Diable Jambe', before bouncing between more uplifting (but no less heavy) fare (the '90s MFS style romp that is 'Sundowner (Body 2 Body Remix)'), Robert Hood-influenced hypnotism (the warehouse-ready throb of 'Detroit Smash'), and TB-303 powered acidic tech-trance ('Fragments of a Language of Love').