Versatility seems important to AlterImage in the constructions of their tracks, not allowing their sound or records to be neatly pigeonholed into specific genres. Perhaps that's why EPs, such as this one, seem to get spun from the likes of Dave Seaman and Richie Hawtin and Mark Knight. With a handful of new tracks and a host of remixes, Time Change EP presents a selection box of the duo’s freshest cuts.
Quant Follow is a relatively straight-forward tech house track, full of filtered hooks that build to a decent, warm conclusion. Whilst never establishing itself properly, the track is far from bland and does not place a single wrong foot – the kind of decent mid-set record that builds and builds. In a similar vein, Tech Yourself is a slightly more (as the name would suggest) hard affair whilst still within the realms of a house BPM. Using a decent background array of synths and a hypnotic breakdown at the three minute mark, this faster track has the slight edge on the former.
Offering the original and two re-rubs of Time Change, the namesake track dominates the EP. The original is the most proggy offering, with an early, chunky breakdown giving it a slightly more anthemic property than the others. Keeping the original’s solid percussion and warped vocals, both Tini Tun & Mau V and John Dagelis' remixes are more straight forward techno affairs. Dagelis' crisper and harder offering works by peppering the track with relentless background snares, whereas Mexican producers Tini Tun & Mau V offer a slightly faster BPM, giving the track a sense of dramatic urgency that eventually drops into a peak-time warm pool of warped percussion.
Absence Of Essence’s remix of Redscope is perhaps the nearest thing to a straight-up techno track on the EP. Another warm, percussive lead outing that leans toward the almost minimal, spooky side of all things techy.
All in all another solid outing from the label and an EP very much suited to autumn nights and dark, sweaty clubs.