![]() UK duo Two Shell’s Boiler Room appearance at Primavera Sound in June quickly became the year’s most controversial DJ set. By the time that extended passage, which also runs through a Jim O’Rourke remix of Japanese noise legend Merzbow, spills out into Rhythm & Sound’s buoyant dub techno, it’s hard to imagine her selections playing out any other way. Many of her picks are unorthodox-this is surely the first time that Rosalía has ever been mixed with the late Editions Mego founder Peter Rehberg-yet Owens’ tonal sensibility carries the day. ![]() ![]() A similarly experimental spirit fuels her Resident Advisor mix, which opens with ghostly a cappella by the 11th century mystic Hildegard von Bingen before plunging into eerie soundscaping from Bernhard Günter, Throbbing Gristle, and Steve Roach the set’s second half winds through ritualistic percussion and soot-smeared techno before a climax that smokes like a burning subwoofer. Conceived as the imaginary eighth album in her discography-in fact, it’s the third-it finds the Welsh musician abandoning her usual hallmarks in favor of stark, industrially tinged beats and ominously looped vocals. Kelly Lee Owens spent the first seven or eight years of her career striking a careful balance between clean-lined techno and atmospheric electronic pop, but she took a sharp left turn with this year’s LP.8. This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
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