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La Rioja in Spain may not be thought of as a hotbed of avant garde techno and electronica, but Psychoskunk has been quietly issuing an uncompromising salvo of proudly underground releases since as far back as 2004. Error Etica, an alias from label boss Victor Martinez, is at the controls for this tenth vinyl release on the label, and he s sounding as proudly left of centre as ever. Diatonic Scale locks into an insistent groove, but the real magic of the track lies in the grubby notes punching their way around the drums, capped off with artful distortion that gives a wonderful bite to the production. Tetratonic Scale keeps things fuzzy but blows the rhythms wide open for a more poised, patient kind of techno incantation. R2pis Remix of the track meanwhile clamps it back in order with a stern beat and a slow-release minimalism guiding the evolution of the track.