Premiere: Current Bias ‘Limbic Freedom’

Current Bias will release a new EP, ‘Frontal’, via the Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa (Auckland, New Zealand) based label, Related Articles, on 3rd July. Listen to ‘Limbic Freedom’ below.

Born in Boorloo (Perth, Western Australia) but based in Pōneke (Wellington, New Zealand), the producer returns to the independent imprint with seven cuts of mercurial club experimentation, ripe with digital exploration. Described as “music for the terminally online”, the ‘Frontal’ EP flexes Current Bias’ taste for metallic textures and cyber-bent maximalism, finding its inspiration in an uncharted cache of leftfield techno, breakbeat, and ambient music.

‘Stimming’ boots up with a restless tension that lurks beneath the project like a virus, its agitated breaks and arpeggiated synth-stabs thwarting even a moment’s sweet relief. ‘Apropos In Accelerating Pt.1’ keeps the adrenaline thumping with lashings of hyperactive polyrhythms, harking back to the digital mania of 2020’s ‘Coming Around’ EP but with an invigorated sense of precision.

Crystalline beatwork and crunchy synths coalesce across the project’s midsection before rhythmic stepper, ‘Limbic Freedom’ dials down the granularity with spiralling synth-stabs and euphonic melodies to realign the body and mind. Current Bias prevents anything from getting too serious though, deploying the Gen-Z-targeted ‘Yassify Tool’ for the tape’s outro. This is techno for people who overuse TikTok.

Since launching in 2020, Related Articles has emerged as fertile breeding ground for experimental dance music across Aotearoa’s dancefloors and beyond, regularly dropping mixes of locally produced rave gear inspired by a range of international sound. GG Mothra recently released his new two-track EP, ‘Hell Na/MOOM’ via the label, fitting snugly amidst the catalogue of eclectic textures and grooves.

‘Frontal’ is out via Related Articles on 3rd July. Listen to ‘Limbic Freedom’ below.