South African Electronica pioneers Jurgen Kuhnel and Carl Albrecht have a long history of collaboration dating back to even before 1997, a time when laptop musicians and DAWs were a thing of the future. Years later (and after parting ways in 2000), their respective solo projects Fremen Production and ColonelJ have regrouped as FPXCJ, debuting on JST with a forward thinking, yet eclectic 9 track album titled 'XOPLNTS'. Still heavily influenced by IDM's formative years, yet obsessively involved with the technological advancements made since then, FPXCJ are focused on reviving the optimism of 90's Electronica and infusing it with as much new depth as their multithreaded CPUs allow. Distilling a range of 90's IDM influences into a carefully arranged compilation of intricately sculpted electronic music, FPXCJ's album opens with an optimistic view of a future where self-taught machines save the earth from environmental catastrophe. It speaks of machine emotions and sensitivity, a theme that rings throughout 'XOPLNTS'.