If "AFM002" were a covert operation, its agents would wear broken sunglasses at night and speak only in syncopated kicks. The second release from Activity FM plays like a hotline straight to the pressure points of modern electro, short-circuiting nostalgia with a current that’s anything but retro.

It opens with "Out My Mind" by AMX - a Detroit-based producer who slices through the haze with surgical basslines and eerily detached vocals, a track that manages to sound both clinical and seductive, like the ghost of Drexciya flirting with your drum machine. Then Exzakt steps in with "Fvck That Sh1t", and subtlety goes out the emergency exit: this is Florida-style fire, raw, relentless, and heavier than a hard drive full of unreleased Miami bass. It’s rude in all the right ways, a track that doesn’t even pretend to shake hands before punching your subwoofers in the gut.

The B-side flips the compass to Venezuela - or at least its diaspora - with ARA-U’s "Feels Like Dancing", a grimy, analog-drenched stomper that stares you down with the swagger of a warehouse gremlin who's eaten too much acid and is now deeply in charge of the groove; the synths wheeze like vintage machinery that doesn’t want to cooperate, which is precisely what makes it so fun. Closing the EP is Phran’s "Archivo Criminal", beamed in from Barcelona with a smirk and a knowing nod to the breakbeat continuum - playful yet precise, its percussive mischief dances through the mix like a stolen cassette full of late-night pirate radio.

There’s a subtle lineage at play across the release: from the muscle memory of old-school electro to the mutated breaks currently slithering through London basements and South American studios, all filtered through a pressing urgency to make people move now. Nothing here overstays its welcome, yet each cut leaves a smear of attitude, like fresh fingerprints on a fogged mirror in a club bathroom you don’t remember entering. "AFM002" isn’t just a collection of tracks; it’s a sweaty postcard from the frontline of dance music’s most shape-shifting corners - one that makes you want to call your friends, press play, and throw your furniture out the window to clear space for the floor.