Terence Fixmer - Comedy Of Menace (Electric Deluxe) [NED] 8/10 - Review in IDJ

5 November 2010

Whilst minimal techno has permeated - and since dissipated out of – the public consciousness, pure techno has never been more popular. One of many such LPs this year is this a fourth full length from Terence Fixmer. Full of precision, driving cuts as likely to feature in a Dubfire or Hawtin set as they are to be heard on a Berghain dance floor, Comedy of Menace veers from deep space to dystopian dance floor territory and does so with enough overarching consistency as to make it a rewarding listen. Mechanistic futurism litters pulsing sci-fi cuts like ‘Alert’ whilst frenzied digital tones characterise dark track ‘Dance like Paranoid’: polished and well produced, techno heads will love Comedy of Menace.
Kristan J Caryl