Techno's span across the globe has resulted in all manner of regional flavours.
Cologne is crisp, clinical, while Berlin has enjoyed a love affair with the echo chamber. In the UK, though, we seem to produce something rather more brutal, rather more industrial.
'Slag Heap' is an almost perfect distillation of this tendency. Built by Aggborough, the track actually includes field recordings from a slag heap in Snowdonia.
Brittle, Brutalist techno, the sheer aural assault is matched to a fluid percussive tick that borders on the funky. Check it out now.