Nice review.
Couple things that struck me though…
1) Lot’s of mention of Boards of Canada but I don’t really hear it in the music. The Autechre and Aphex influence, you definitely hear, and as you say he does a nice job of combining elements of the two. I do hear Plaid influence as well the Schematic label in general. Remember what really got everyone’s attention was the Phoeniecia remix on the Midwest ep that came out the same year.
2) "Parallel Processes was likely not findable enough because it was in between styles, never staking a strong enough claim of its own"
Probably not findable because it was on Worm Interface, lol. They had decent distribution Europe but barely any in the US.
Jokes aside, I agree with your point, although I’d rephrase it as: even though this was some very competent IDM, I don’t think there was a distinctive voice or personality to really set it apart.
Hopefully some more long lost Worm Interface releases will see the light of day again.
Adrien Capozzi
https://adrien75.bandcamp.com/
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