Even for an artist so adept at reinvention, Carrier’s run of EPs leading up to Rhythm Immortal was astounding. It’s precise and complex, with that in-the-room feeling that Carrier conures up, the sound of objects in three-dimensional space rather than an Ableton grid. Where EPs like In Spectra showcased that percussive wizardry, Rhythm Immortal slows things down to a faucet drip of drums and arcane noises, a chef plating with tweezers. There is one other precedent for Rhythm Immortal: the final Shifted record, Constant Blue Light, which focused on the microscopic movement of percussion and synths as part of a monolithic wall of sound in place of techno’s usual forward motion. Rhythm Immortal asks: What if techno were made from blood, sweat, and stone, instead of inside a laptop?