New Visual Order by Trolley Route on Dekmantel
Operating under the Trolley Route moniker has historically allowed Madrid-based veteran Oscar Mulero to explore the more fluid, textured margins of his production palette, stepping slightly away from his signature relentless club bludgeon into realms of deep psychological space. New Visual Order continues this tradition with an unmistakable sense of analog grit and meticulous craftsmanship. The title track wastes no time establishing its territory, driven by a swampy, evolving chord sequence that winds its way around subterranean low-end frequencies.
Across the EP, the sound design relies heavily on complex modular processing and tactile timbre manipulation. Cuts like “Liquid Interaction” and “Texture & Motion” demonstrate a rare mastery of rhythmic space, where shifting transient layers and delay-soaked synth sweeps create an illusion of perpetual motion. Rather than relying on cheap breakdowns, the tracks build tension through microscopic variations in resonance and filter automation. It is precisely this clinical attention to acoustic detail that grants the release its immense dancefloor utility. Anchored by heavy, rolling sub-bass frequencies, they are designed to punish high-end sound systems while maintaining a hypnotic, trance-inducing psychological edge. The closing maneuvers, notably “Relativity Of The Vision,” lean into sweeping cinematic tension, rounding out an outing that feels both deeply rooted in classic hypnotic traditions and radically forward-thinking.
Press
Revelling in adventurous, malleable synthesis and a strong melodic instinct, long-standing techno heavyweight Oscar Mulero brings his Trolley Route alias to Dekmantel. Across four rush-inducing cuts of studio exploration the Spanish veteran showcases a lighter side to his muse without sacrificing maximal dancefloor impact.
Oscar Mulero first debuted Trolley Route back in the early 00s through albums and EPs for Pure Plastic, Minuendo and others, offering a more playful strain of machine music to contrast with the steely output under his own name. Embracing dub textures and Detroit-coded synth leads, the recently-revived alias has become a haven for the looser styles that spill out of his studio. It just so happens these outliers are as crucial as any of Mulero’s primary club smashers.
From the swampy chord sequence that dominates ‘New Visual Order’ to the meaty sub-bass and delay-soaked synth sweeps of ‘Relativity Of The Vision’, the whole EP is spilling over with madcap charm and a casual boss-level quality that can only come from a true legend letting their hair down.
https://oscarmulero-oficial.bandcamp.com/album/new-visual-order
