Alex Banks operates in an electronic world of his own. Drawing from the diverse styles of jungle, broken beat, techno and IDM, he cooks up scintillating sounds with grand architecture. Analogue machines are often at the heart of his work, and his boundary pushing ideas have come across three experimental albums and plenty of EPs for labels like Max Cooper’s forward-thinking Mesh as well as Modeselektor’s Monkeytown and Ninja Tune. As such, he is a perfect fit for Sasha’s label where he now returns after previously contributing to the ‘TEN’ compilation.
Magnificent opener ‘Afterlife’ is full of instantly engaging melodies that douse you with clear, lush sounds. Each one twinkles as bright as a star while chords rise up the scales. It makes for an epic rush that courses through every nerve in your body while the rugged beats keep things moving onwards. ‘Impermanence’ is just as ambitious in scale, though this time with a deeper, more driving rhythm and pixelated leads breaking out like rays of sun through a cloud. It’s an emotionally intense, uplifting track that will bring pure dance floor elation.
Alex Banks’s ‘Afterlife’ comes on Last Night On Earth on February 28th 2025.
Tracklist
01 Afterlife
02 Impermanence
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