A similarly experimental spirit fuels her Resident Advisor mix, which opens with ghostly a cappella by the 11th century mystic Hildegard von Bingen before plunging into eerie soundscaping from Bernhard Günter, Throbbing Gristle, and Steve Roach the set’s second half winds through ritualistic percussion and soot-smeared techno before a climax that smokes like a burning subwoofer. Conceived as the imaginary eighth album in her discography-in fact, it’s the third-it finds the Welsh musician abandoning her usual hallmarks in favor of stark, industrially tinged beats and ominously looped vocals. Kelly Lee Owens spent the first seven or eight years of her career striking a careful balance between clean-lined techno and atmospheric electronic pop, but she took a sharp left turn with this year’s LP.8. This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
