Format: 12" Label: Phonica Records – PHONICA041 Country: UK Year: 2025 Genre: Breaks, Techno, Trance, Deep House Condition: NM Sleeve: NM Tracklist: A1 Cooking The Books A2 Sensitive Contacts B1 Shameless B2 Flowers
Frankfurt's legendary producer Roman Flügel returns to Phonica Records with the 'Cooking The Books EP', another four track collection of his idiosyncratic leftfield Techno.
Roman sets the tone of this release with the quirkily foreboding title track 'Cooking The Books', all zippy, skittering percussion and deep pulsing basslines. The sneaky off-kilter melody of 'Sensitive Contacts' continues the dark and sparse feel of the release, while on the flip 'Shameless' provides the EP's dancefloor climax while retaining its bleak, ominous theme. Finally, the clouds disperse and the tension melts away with gorgeous introspective ender 'Flowers'.