Kicking off a new digital-based series, Cadans returns to Ben Sims’ Hardgroove label with the three-track ‘Medicate EP’.

The Dutch artist, who has previously released on Clone, Neighbourhood and Wolfskuil and is known for incendiary live sets turns in more of his swung, funk-imbued and wholly fresh takes on techno on the EP for the storied imprint.

The title-track, a 5:24 lesson in tension building without low-end kicks, leans on a raft of mid-range drums, rhythmic interplay and the sparse but memorable use of melody and vocal sampling to create a unique, captivating cut. The shuffling, otherworldly tones of the decidedly heads-down ‘Drench’ takes the EP into late-night territory before ’Touch’, a grinding stab-driven beast of a production, closes out the ‘Medicate EP’ with true peak-time flair.