Christchurch techno producer - Junus Orca goes deep with his new single “General Movement”
Employing a variety of aliases and a mix of styles, Christchurch DJ and producer Junus Orca had already burrowed partway into the electronic scene of New Zealand before making the shift to his new moniker and to a darker avenue of electronica and techno.
His debut as an artist in 2018 was followed a collection of singles, each with an industrial tone of distortion and heavy techno bass. That almost oppressive vibe carried over to his 2020 debut EP, ‘One Arm Pack’. Here the essential bass core of tracks was surrounded by harsh samples of electronic scrapes and whirs to form an atmosphere that looks on from its position in the stereo space.
As the night time industrial samples edge around the driving bass, the music of Junus Orca seems to encircle the listener with just as much echoed malice. His more recent release takes a slightly different approach compared with his more atmospheric debut EP however, bringing the same intense, disruptive presence to a more club suited single. ‘General Movement’ houses a rhythm focused kick drum to maintain energy and when it does bring in experimental elements of synthesiser and reverb, it does so in way that allows a dance floor pulse to prevail.
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