Alex Wastnidge brings his From Beyond project to Citizens Of Vice with the “Centres Of Experience” EP, marking the East London producer’s first appearance for the imprint. Since 2018, his output has touched Paper Recordings, Sprechen, Evil Plans, Boite Music, NEIN, and Golden Soul, just to name a few, each release adding to a catalogue defined by spaced-out, acidic nu-disco with roots planted firmly in the 1980s. Electro-funk’s glide, Italo’s melodic pull, and synth-pop’s structural clarity all surface across his work, though never as mere quotation – Wastnidge filters these influences through a contemporary lens, building something that looks forward while acknowledging what came before. A relatively new name, but one that has already earned its place in the conversation.

Premiered here, the title track operates on a principle of controlled tension. A bassline of Italo extraction drives things forward with blunt, unfussy authority, while the drums land with the dry, present crack of a mid-eighties studio floor. Above this foundation, spoken fragments drift through layers of delay, their meaning secondary to their weight as texture. Synth motifs rise and fall like signals from a distant transmitter, each one treated with enough echo to feel both present and remote. The track never rushes, never clutters – just holds its course with the quiet confidence of something built to last the night.

You can find (and buy) this and other music pearls on the Juno Download page of the label.

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