Stephen Lee Clark is best known as bassist for the highly acclaimed shoegaze-influenced post-black metal band Deafheaven, but with his solo project Field Agent he explores grinding techno-noise sprinkled with the sounds of early electro drum machines and murky vocals. His 2016 tape Re-Entry Malfunction soundtracks a disastrous return to earth for an unknown cosmonaut. The album builds from ambient meditations to acid-flavored techno before culminating with the tense and chaotic title track, one that dismantles itself and fades into static before the final message from Mission Control, "Transmission Lost." Part of Seattle's Motor Records collective, Portland's Apartment Fox delivers crisp and dubby techno with an ear for textured minimalism. DANIELA SERNA