Rebotini Assembles Music Components

Arnaud Rebotini is one of the founding members of cult Parsian electronic musical monsters Black Strobe. Known as Rebotini to his friends, this Gallic techno mastermind conceived his solo project with one idea in mind, to make dance music using analogue electronics. In other words rather than just setting up a laptop with Ableton and a bank of sequencers, Rebotini broke out the ol' Juno and Korg synths and began crafting would would become his debut album, Music Components. Created in a three day span, the hour long record reaffirms the belief that sometimes doing things the old fashioned way works best. 

And works it does. Music Components is a mind bending minimal techno experience that's an instant classic. Rebotini's use of analogue equipment makes the album sound alive. In fact, at times it's almost as if the thing is breathing in tune with a beating heart that pushes the beats through the veins of each of the songs. The result is a rich sounding record that's organic in it's textures and complex in its structure. While the songs are minimal by nature, Rebotini weaves enough synth squiggles, stabs, pads, and builds to develop them into floor crushing techno monsters.

Most, if not, all of the songs are crushingly catchy and will have listener's legs akimbo as their minds are warped by disturbingly brutal bass lines. Music Components is awesome stuff that reminds me of old Plastikman and Joey Beltram records twisted into some sort of French style that just levels everything in it's path. "SONG #2" is a perfect example as it starts off slowly and then eventually builds into this subwoofer punishing epic build that gets all acid house on you and resumes its tech-house terror. In an up and down ride that truly exemplifies everything that makes Rebotini an unbelievable producer as it's brilliant use of building the song up until it explodes is just amazing.

Music Componentsmight not feature the latest technology, but Rebotini has proven that you don't need all that modern junk to make a record that's a classic. He's turned in one heck of a record here and it's the best minimal/tech-house record you'll probably hear all year. It's organic feel, heart racing beats and minimal approach are awesome and the fact that the thing still manages to be catchy is a testament to Rebotini's talent as a producer and musician.