In the filmic intro of this 'seasonal' album by the Canadian techno-maker Marc Houle aka Run Stop Restore in duet with Troy Pierce (I'm a big fan of their mono-page web site!), one of the most talented protégé of Richie Hawtin (Marc has gained a certain notoriety at Hawtin's club 13 Below for his New Wave night, where he delighted clubbers by spreading refined tunes as well as vintage video games to entertain them) and one of the flagships of Minus pithy roster, you're going to listen to the heavy pattering of some unknown person coming back home shocked by the harshness of Berlin winter ' the one between 2009 and 2010 was the source for inspiration for Marc'¦and I can confirm it can be considered one of the harshest Berlin ever experienced as I expected some iceberg falling down from the sky when my face was slapped by chilling breeze at almost -20°C'¦ - and compelled to stay at home in a sort of voluntary self-confinement. During the listening, you could imagine this sort of fictional character in the act of perceiving a frozen reality beyond windows, totally misted up by frost (Inside), getting depressed by the vision of leaden sky (Seeing In The Dark), daydreaming warmer days in the well-heated coshering cosiness of domestic place (Sweet), flowing and falling headlong into and onto mental gorges induced by freezing wintertime (Drift'¦definitively the most stomping track and my favorite one for the immersive experience Marc is able to give to the listener) and so on towards dilatations and contractions of perception of time resolving in the final moments (Melting, Hammering) where it clearly appears that Marc's bluesy pain melts as the springtime sun begins irradiating Berlin streets. Even if Drift doesn't stand as a revolution of techno scene, the vivid experience Marc offers throughout an immersive as well as stylish sound ' deep-rooted onto Detroit fertile ground but with its dry branches pointing to the contemporary cerebral techno coming from the heart of Germany'¦ - and the seasonal contextualization are going to whet the appetite of different kind of listeners, including those ones which still don't know Minus precious furrows on electronic music encyclopedia! If you don't want to drift off next winter, I warmly suggest to let Marc Houle's sound drift!