Making a techno shift, Midnight Shift’s third release sees Recondite on his upward trajectory pair up with the relatively reserved Julien H Mulder. Both outputs possess a stripped down aesthetic, but while the former shows up straight up and shiny, the latter introduces lightness and play. A tightly packed, hardworking 4-track EP that will serve the many moods of a DJ well. Formerly from Bavaria and now based in Berlin, Recondite crafts ‘Borderline’, a track that delivers shimmery afterdark punch such as with the last bright rays of an inevitably waning sun. ‘Stomper’ does not have to go on too long to make a point. It is a moody, melancholic, almost lovesick trudge topped off with restless hi hats. Accomplished in ambient space music, Julien H Mulder has been producing since the 90s. To him, simplicity is best. The Stockholm resident’s ‘Won’t Say Nothing’ is a lightly drenched sigh paired with broken beat while ‘Old Rutins’ is a bassline-led kicker soon to run amok in dancefloors. They quite simply hint at what is to come with his forthcoming full-fledged EP on Midnight Shift.