Rone – Tohu Bohu

In the liner notes of his DJ Kicks mix two years ago, James Holden praised the virtues of atypical dancing: “The dance you do lying in bed or driving your car or riding the bus is still a dance,” he said, right before offering an hour-long demonstration of such predilections. Rone makes that kind of lying-in-bed dance music. French producer Erwan Castex first came to prominence about five years ago when his name started circulating thanks to inclusions on mixes such as Agoria’s At the Controls and Sasha’s Invol2ver. On a track like “Bora,” his mix of impressionistic electronica, intense spoken word parts and trance-ish inclinations was indeed impressive. Tohu Bohu is his second album for inFiné, and on it he perfects, to powerful effect, this very niche of his.