- The title of the lead track on JoeFarr's Llarose EP, "IDOMTYK," is short for "I Don't Only Make Techno You Know." It seems like an unnecessary reminder: since this EP first appeared digitally on Turbo in spring 2014, an avalanche of releases have sent Farr careening across the house and techno map. That record, now getting a deserved vinyl pressing through Fun In The Murky, is as restless as any.
Llarose's first half sends us off in one direction, with a pair of swaggering rave-techno tracks powered by brash house chords and the odd breakbeat. On the excellent title track, the hardcore comparison is reinforced with blissful diva snippets; the slicker "Roller 4T1" is better still. The rest of the EP flips into something more straight-faced and a little less satisfying. "Tape 10" is rather stiff IDM-techno, its metallic chord stabs and glossy synth arp edging into proggy self-seriousness. "FTone" opens in soot-blackened post-punk mode, before a shower of bright chords give it an anthemic hue. Not every track here hits the bullseye, but Farr has an impressive variety of arrows in his quiver.
トラックリストA1 IDOMTYK
A2 Roller 4T1
B1 Tape 10
B2 FTone