This adventurous epic is an exercise in building a track out of extreme edits.

Smoke roams the plains at the far end of minimal on ‘Prima’: actually, it’s got sod all to do with m*****l, this adventurous epic is an exercise in...

Alex Smoke gives production line minimalists an education with this informed selection, the common thread being the firm nod to early-to-mid-‘90s Detroit...

‘...Day’ is one of the more melancholic moments from ‘Paradolia’ and the Actress version is also DJ-unfriendly, imploding in a gnarly wall of bass....

Smoke’s darkly paranoid original is a rare thing: a techno track you’ll find yourself humming on the bus. Slam’s tougher, leaner mix meanders nicely,...

Meany’ is not as warped as Smoke’s work for Vakant. But it blurs the lines between Detroit techno and experimental minimalism. Glitchy, phased...

Alex Smoke’s debut album, Communicado , impressed with a wide techno focus and, although this follow up is narrower in its vision, the results are...

Smoke remixes his original into a hypnotic minimal monster, with a swinging, sparse, FX and even sparser strings.

Alex presses the ‘weirdo’ button on his own remix – contrasting basslines, a sniff of schaffel and lots of murkiness. But out of this comes the...

More dark, glitchy beats from Smoke – we love the playful ‘Gypo’ with it’s wandering bass and cool FX and the crispy ‘Horizon’, with its sub-aqua...

One of the album’s standouts get glitched up and slightly sraightened out – meaning the eeeeevvvill bassy break makes even more impact

Alex Smoke is adept at alchemising electro, techno, synth pop and electronica, a process that makes ‘Point’ his best release so far.

Scottish minimalist maestro Alex Smoke is earning serious kudos for his intriguing LP Incommunicado, an impressively eclectic collection which sounds equally...

The young Scot delivers on the promise of his first EP in fine style – ‘Incommunicado’ has been glued to hotpress’ ears since it arrived through the...

Smoke keeps the pressure up with this atmospheric minimal-ish masterpiece - bare beats soon give way to his (by now) trademark deep chords and an icy vocal....

Glasgow producer Alex Smoke has a knack of taking a familiar sound and turning it into something new.

‘Chicca…’ is excellent – clipped, techy beats, rubbery b-line and a hyperactive synth riff combine with beautifully melancholic chords and eastern FX...