Crimes Of The Future is the sound of the lonely city. Scott Fraser and Timothy J Fairplay invented the parties first, and then the label with the same name so they can play and release music ideal for providing soundtracks to crime scenes. And they’ve definitely got away with it: the sound they have achieved is nocturnal, analogue and mysterious; sometimes exciting and sometimes menacing. Curiously, the label’s catalogue has few references from its two bosses, who distribute their tunes between Astro Lab, Relish and other equally heterodox labels, always with the same air of techno noir characterising Crimes of the Future. Crude, leftfield electronica, which could hardly be otherwise coming from two individuals who began in the orbit of Andrew Weatherall and who are contributing to reinventing British techno.