Poladroïd’s ‘Accelerate’ EP Sharpens Electro’s Edges

Vadim Samoluk operates with a clarity that cuts through electro’s crowded landscape. The producer behind Poladroïd and head of Roulette Rekordz knows the genre’s 90s second-wave syntax intimately—not as a museum piece, but as a language that still expands. His new EP, Accelerate, out now via Roulette Rekordz and Selvamancer, refuses to put past and present in opposition. Instead, the four tracks fuse familiar rhythmic grammar with a sense of restless, controlled motion.

The weight here comes from experience. Samoluk’s programming stays tight and deliberate, building atmosphere around breaks that snap with clean force. Opener “リング” sets the tone with stutter-gun drum work and pads that bloom without softening the track’s skeleton. There’s discipline in every bar, but never sterility. A track like “Baccarat Noir” leans into a darker, techno-tinted funk—snares land inside measured reverb, and synths resolve on the one with a logic that feels earned. Rhythmic structures keep revealing new layers the longer they loop. It’s music built for immersion, not background.

The EP arrives at a moment when electro’s resurgence too often trades rigor for easy signifiers. Poladroïd steps past that entirely. What lands is a concise statement: technically exact, rich in texture, and driven by a sense of forward motion that never needs to announce itself. The record is available now on vinyl and digital via Roulette Rekordz and Selvamancer.