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REVIEW: Helena Hauff, Qualm

by Lorraine Carpenter

The Hamburg DJ/producer follows up her 2015 debut LP with an entrancing collection of tracks

Helena Hauff, Qualm (Ninja Tune)

The Hamburg DJ/producer follows up her 2015 debut LP Discreet Desires with an entrancing collection of tracks that connect the realms of acid-techno and dark electro beautifully. Aggressively weird bangers like “Lifestyle Guru” are balanced out by the chill abstraction of “Entropy Created You and Me,” while “Hyper-intelligent Genetically Enriched Cyborg” will take you on a total trip, whether you’re a dancefloor tweaker or public transit commuter in headphones. This is of course all instrumental, but in case you haven’t noticed, Hauff’s song titles are pretty genius, too. 8/10 Trial Track: “Lifestyle Guru”

 

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by Lorraine Carpenter

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Lorraine Carpenter was born in Montreal and studied communications and journalism at Concordia. She co-founded Cult MTL in 2012 following 12 years at the now-defunct Montreal alt weekly the Mirror, where she worked in editorial as copy editor and music editor. She’s dedicated to supporting the cultural scene in Montreal.