Rechulski Ü

NYC experimentalists Sheik N Beik add to a series of successful parties in the capital as well as an extolled slew of 12”s from the likes of Legowelt & Xosar as Xamiga and Jeffrey Scott with another weird and wonderful record courtesy of Sheik N Beik founder Julio operating under a new guise: Rechulski. Also hailing from NYC and a regular at the collective’s parties - Rechulski offers up a celestial 3 track EP as his debut and in doing so offers up an insight into a left-of-centre approach to production that lends him perfectly to a record with Sheik ‘N’ Beik. ‘Jürgens’ is an excersise in tense, burning Techno and kicks the EP off with powerful analogue drums rattling against cold, distant pads. Clever sequencing has the track snowballing throughout as subtle tones and shimmering percussive elements are added before Müller drives a stout kick drum under tumbling, phased melodies that are interweaved to form a formiddable wall of sound. Rüdiger then renders a chilly lunar landscape as it suffuses gentle flickering textures with wide spread synth sweeps. A cyclical sequence gently bleeds into focus alongside sharp electronic pulses that round off a rich and varied release and another solid addition to the Sheik ‘N’ Beik series and an exciting insight into an auspicious new producer.