Fleck E.S.C. Returns to Electro’s Core on Interior Reset

Electro has a way of rewarding those who treat it as a discipline rather than a reference. Franck Collin, recording as Fleck E.S.C., has spent enough time inside the form to know the difference. Interior Reset, his new album for ADJ’s Pyramid Transmissions, arrives with that understanding already in place.

The record is built on details. On the title track, broken-tech funk and sharp synthesis sit together without crowding. “Technical Support” leans heavier, its groove carrying a restrained sense of scale. “Cyclopedia” works as body music — precise, muscular, and never showy. None of it falls back on lazy signifiers.

What keeps the album from nostalgia is its production approach. Collin doesn’t use electro’s history as decoration. The lineage — from late-’90s Scopex 12”s to the structural clarity of Plaid and LA Synthesis — is visible, but the tracks move forward on their own terms. “Opalissism” scatters staccato arpeggios across the stereo field; “Moon Landing” lets the drums arrive late, then hit hard. The closing “Realisation Roads” earns its length through propulsion, not padding.

Interior Reset doesn’t announce itself as a statement. It works better than that: it’s a producer who knows exactly what the form can do, pushing until the form pushes back.