[R&S Records]

That Fabrice Lig is only now releasing a single on storied Belgian label R&S Records is surprising. Digital Forest follows shortly after the prolific Belgian producer’s third album, Genesis Of A Deep Sound for Fine Art Recordings, finding a connective thread in their boundless energy and enthusiasm for densely layered arrangements. “Digital Forest” takes its name seriously, thrumming like electricity through an urban fauna of cables into perky, interwoven synth lines blaring to life. Recalling 2007’s tech-house yet largely his own vision, Lig’s R&S tie-up is momentous and immense to behold. It seems Space Dimension Controller knew the best compliment for exhaustive music is a subtle, twilit version, and his remix is consequently gentle. The UK-based producer’s synth lines twinkle and pulse but cause few ripples; the percussion is cleverly varied but unobtrusive. R&S have proven once again well equipped to delight record buyers three decades on.