Stripped of retro's pretensions, neither resolutely analogue nor obviously digital, "La Forca del Destino" is classic without being throwback, simply a selection of grooves that, one suspects, have been rolling along forever, quietly circulating through a universe of circuitry, midwifed by nimble fingers turning knobs, but otherwise almost autonomous - self-winding rhythmic miniatures, perfect little closed systems that do their thing without even being asked. Every B-movie fan knows that "Soylent Green is people". But this is no cannibalization. It's too idiosyncratic for that. It's acid without being "acid", minimal without being "minimal".
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