Whilst mystery continues to cloak the artist Sawf, there's nothing clandestine about the Greek's bold and inventive take on techno that has been accruing on Perc Trax over the last few years. Pushing the label's industrial founds to new and unexpected heights, records to date including a particularly versatile debut full length, 'Flaws' have seen funk infusions, disco undertones and gritty ambient interludes all nestled amidst a splay of low slung to full throttle and barefaced floor material one has come to expect from Ali Wells' stable. After a pretty quiet year, marked by a solitary release for new label Modal Analysis entitled 'Sand EP', comes the first new work for M_Rec Ltd, 'Skotos', backed by remixes from modern Berlin bastions Milton Bradley and Henning Baer. Once again looped vocal stabs take the lead in Sawf's original version of 'Skotos', guiding us through plied atmospherics together with soft, seductive pulsework with unhurried poise over a charged nine-plus minutes to finish in shady inconclusiveness that leaves you begging for more. On the B-side Milton Bradley offers a toughened up and industrialised remix complete with cranky mechanical misdemeanours, while K209 partner Henning Baer patches the space between with rumbling basement bass, vocal overlays, dry hats and rough edges to round off the EP More