Audiopile Review: Tokyo’s DJ Trystero is a long-time store fave. We’ve been following his analogue-leaning dub-techno since his earliest releases on The Trilogy Tapes. Trystero’s latest album, ‘Cantor’s Paradise’, comes to us via Felt, the label we most associate with the moody ambient grit of Civilistjävel! Appropriately, ‘Cantor’s Paradise’ is something of a left turn into dark, abstract soundscapes. The dub element is still very much in place, but the driving beats are replaced by a sort of darkly entropic bliss. It’s not unlike hearing Rhythm & Sounds’ never-bettered ‘Distance’ echoing down a dark corridor for all eternity. Which can only be a good thing, as far as we’re concerned. Great to hear Trystero doing something much more experimental without losing the human warmth that makes all his productions so compelling.

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DJ Trystero presents his sophomore album Cantor’s Paradise for FELT. An untitled suite languishing in dub dissonance, elusive sounds suspended across the hazy plain.

An enigmatic operator from the fogged-out fringes of techno, DJ Trystero has quickly impressed with a brief slew of releases for Incienso and The Trilogy Tapes. His reductionist style narrates bygone eras in abstracted flow, a singular sound cultivated with an assured touch. FELT’s considered ensemble proves apt for Trystero and his transmissions, welcoming him in as a natural extension to the label’s sonic universe.

Across nine tracks, Cantor’s Paradise detaches further from the imagined dancefloors DJ Trystero once inhabited. The movements within are faded, motorik murmurs and melancholic trails softly illuminating the grey haze. Its atmosphere feels heavy yet serene, a numbed weight drifting subconsciously down the half-woken stream. Sounds echo then float, while time seems still throughout. It’s an engrossing journey that stands as another vital chronicle in the FELT canon and an exciting development along the DJ Trystero path.