Les Tronchiennes are a techno duo out of Belgium.  Given how often I seem to post about Belgium you’d think I was on their tourism department’s payroll.  Well I’m not.  I just think they happen to make most of the techno I like posting about.  By the way if you think state sponsored techno is a crazy idea you better check out Umek/Slovenia’s nod to their old soviet days.  Don’t listen to that old man lie about PLUR. He wants a dystopian totalitarian techno future as much as we all do.

Back to Les Tronchiennes.  Their new EP off Silver Records features two banging originals and six remixes ranging from awesome-fucking-possum to noteworthy.    The first track of the EP, the original mix of “Cartridges”, is the star of the EP.  The vocal sample is like a slightly less zef Yo-Landi Vi$$er.  Out of all the remixes of “Cartridges”, the Artronik remix stands out as deep and groovy dubstep.  ”Riot Shield”, the second Les Tronchiennes original on the EP, is a fairly heavy track, but doesn’t really compare to the massive sound they achieved in “Cartridges”.  Another star of the EP is Dey Dey’s funky industrial re-imagining of “Riot Shield.”  Overall, Les Tronchiennes have put out a solid release well worth snatching up.  Check them out on SoundCloud and pick up the EP on Beatport.

Full Originals

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