After appearing in XLR8R‘s Downloads section early last month while operating under his Dr. Nol alias, Dublin producer Cignol has returned with a new record in hand, the Tidal Sheer EP. Serving as the second effort from fledgling UK label Seagrave, the cassette/digital release offers four synth-streaked productions including the electro-indebted “Sys486.” Again finding Cignol carefully tweaking out an arsenal of thick synthesizer tones, “Sys486” appears on a moodier tip than the last outing we heard from the Irish producer, with dark chords and pensive melodies spread across the track’s skittering 808 beat.

Sys486