Alarico - Sonora (2025)

Following last year's Carnal Fever EP, Alarico returns to Primal Instinct to release his latest album. Sonora is a collection of two years of recording and live performances - and reflects a wide range of techno flavours. "Iruka" and "Caresses After Lies" fuse breathy vocals and resonating, melancholic bass tones with insistent drums, making for soulful but club-focused tracks. "Boiler" and "Stingray" both dispense with the sound of the human voice, focusing on robust kicks, hissing percussion and detuned riffs. "I Used to Like God" offers a leftfield perspective on Alarico's sound, with staccato drums, stuttering samples and incessant claps colliding. In contrast, "Ashes of Regrets" resounds to moody chord sequence and an ominous, rolling groove.