COMMISSAR LAG - Absolution EP THE HANGING STARS they loved the Moog—never mind

they loved the Moog—never mind that the synthesizer had been on the market for just a few years

Pioneering in his approach to digital sound and its materiality

with Labelle’s snowy guitar squall (also evident in his lacerating

By blending their influences from reggae and funk music with their rock and roll swagger

an 18-piece big band breathing new life into these beloved songs

COMMISSAR LAG - Absolution EP THE HANGING STARS they loved the Moog—never mindThe 38th Earwiggle release comes from one of our favourites, and a debutant on the label, Serbian studio supremo Commissar Lag. The Absolution EP finds Lag delivering his playful vision of techno, dipping into the past while also pointing us to the future, all framed through an exquisite production gleam. Dense, rolling rhythms reminiscent of early 00s Stockholm techno, combined with a catchy repeating vocal sequence (one of Lags trademark techniques)