Iyewaye

With Iyewaye, his first solo EP since the 2014 release of his fifth album, I Am OK (SVT 131 LP), Oliver Koletzki appears in a new, but not altogether unfamiliar light; not since his breakthrough in 2005 with Der Muckenschwarm has Koletzki sounded this hard. But even here, in the techno realm, Koletzki demonstrates his inimitable sense for melody; thus, the gloomy, driving framework of Iyewaye is lit up by a crystal-clear synth-sequence. Similarly, Ipuza, which hypnotizes by way of reduction and repetition, is funky at it's core thanks to a rolling tribal groove. Functional, but with heart and soul.