Hanover-based Wolfgang G. Walt deals in mystery as much as music. His self-released catalogue is deliberately sparse on biographical detail, allowing the work to speak entirely for itself. North Central Positronics is his third self-released EP, following All Seasons in October 2025.
An enigmatic artist content to let the music talk, and on the evidence so far, the music has plenty to say; especially when it is spinning a thoroughly dystopian yarn, as it most certainly is here.
Still Gone opens with a foreboding bass drone as a spoken word segment launches the EP's narrative as we join a sonic adventurer encountering music floating above the water. Zappy pulses herald the entry of tight electro percussion alongside superbly Orwellian synth swells and swarms. A strong start.
The River Sweats Oil and Tar lives up to its nomenclature; bass oscillations thicker than treacle consume the low end while tuff-ass breaks take centre stage alongside some insane warping synth samples for an exhilarating electro ride.
The menacing clank of enormous robotic sentinels marches onwards amidst futuristic plasma shots in Dipolar Circuits. The sub bass here possesses a behemothic quality that sits imposingly amidst sci-fi minor chord synth motifs and growling mids.
Breakers is, as you would expect, loaded with hard-as-nails breaks and soaring static pads granularizing around your form. Digital strings cry out across the mix like cybernetic spectres.
Continental Drift delivers on all fronts; a positively tectonic bottom end ready to shift any land mass in its path. The mood is heavy, which segues us nicely into the parting shots of Expo City Ruins, where our explorer concludes his adventure amidst a volley of synth stabs and bassy undulations.
Grab it on Bandcamp and regret nothing.
