Multiplex are back, and they sound absolutely locked in. The Dormon brothers crash in with Colour Kinetica, delivered by Glasgow’s own Bricolage, a label that thrives on risk. It’s experimental lab-spawned music with teeth, nerves and neon circuitry spraying sparks in all directions, the kind of record that feels like it was wired together under a strobe light at 3 a.m.
The sound is dense and alive, packed with jolts and fractures that demand attention. Beats snap like broken wires under pressure while synths bend, melt, twist until they feel half-beast and half-machine. Layers of texture swirl around each other in a controlled storm, giving the sense that the circuits themselves are running the session and Multiplex are simply steering the current.
There’s a veteran’s sense of balance at play. One moment Colour Kinetica drives forward with brute rhythmic force, a surge that grips you by the collar, and the next it opens up into wider space where echoes are left to breathe. That push and pull never lets the momentum sag and instead creates a high-voltage flow that keeps the listener fully inside its grip.
For all the digital precision and engineered sharpness there is also an unmistakable warmth in these tracks. This is not sterile programming or cold calculation. It is music that bleeds and glows, that carries weight and emotion inside its circuitry. It rattles your chest while sparking your imagination, proof that electronic music can hit both the heart and the nervous system at once.
And then there is Bricolage, the Glasgow label that continues to build a reputation for championing sound that refuses to play safe. Their decision to back Colour Kinetica feels inspired, and the result is a release that amplifies everything Multiplex do best. Veteran duo, fearless label, one vision. Together they have delivered an album that will stand tall in the Multiplex story.
Colour Kinetica by Multiplex was released 26 September, 2025 on Bricolage
