Michael Mayer - The Floor Is Lava (2024)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 456 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 170 MB
1:12:23 | Electronic, Minimal, Techno | Label: Kompakt
The retail CD contains the four songs from the Brainwave Technology EP as bonus tracks. Michael Mayer albums don’t come round too often, which is one of many reasons why his fourth collection, The Floor Is Lava, is a genuine event. It’s been eight years since his last one, the collaborative & released on !K7; its predecessors, Mantasy (2012) and Touch (2004), took their sweet time, too. It’s no real surprise, given the many hats Mayer wears – globetrotting DJ, revered remixer, inveterate collaborator, and boss of both Kompakt and Imara – that his solo productions are relatively sparing. But this also speaks to their quality: Mayer’s name on a record sleeve is a sign of quality, of music that’s both looking to the future and calling back to the past, that balances the imperatives of the dancefloor and the loungeroom, that’s as exploratory as it is functional.