System Olympia

Second time around for Francesca Macri's first outing as System Olympia, which originally landed in stores back in 2017. This time round, she's expanded it from eight tracks to six, adding a couple more unheard and unreleased cuts from the period to the enticing bvlend of original productions, pitched-down reworks and sneaky re-edits. Beginning with the pitched-down electrofunk of 'Call Girl' (a tweak of a little-known Danny Boy tune), Macri ambles her way through synth-and-drum machine heavy cuts that variously touch on Italo-disco, leftfield '80s synth-pop, new wave, Balearic pop (see 'Close to My Nebula'), dreamy electro and slow-motion excellence. Atmospheric, synth-powered and full of playable cuts, it's a fine EP all told.