Pied Piper is an enigmatic figure, but what we know about him, we do not know much about his music. He was most recently active in techno, electro and ambient. Live Times In The East End is his first new studio album in over ten years and it is as disquieting and claustrophobic as you’d expect. The sounds are like the production is slowly refractory, building up layers of feedback and delay in the hope that a crashing wave will rise to the surface. There are echoes of techno and dub, a hint of Chinese electronic devices, and a slight wobble to the drums, but nothing you could call danceable. You could imagine that is the point, and the music does the same. The opening “Family Day” is wobbly, heavily layered techno. “Slipping” grows louder, and ends on the edge of chaos. “Pete” is another sharp, focused departure, while “The Locks” is a slow, stuttering plod with a ghostly overtones. The final track “Slipping” is a rush, its slow plucked strings cluttering the background.