Alex Metric
Release, Remix (3)
I'm consistently surprised by the lack of attention paid to Alex Metric. Originally hailing from the fair old land of breakbeat, Metric has spent a much of the past couple of years trying to harness the power of electro-rock-breakbeat fusion, with, it must be said, a reasonable amount of success. His sound still retains the chopped up drum lines and balls to the wall energy that made breakbeat circa 2004 such an unadorned pleasure, but now finds itself twinned with synth and guitar lines sourced from the electro-rock songbook. It's a winning combination, and one that veers well away from ...