Album Review: Posthuman - Gang of 404
Posted by Robb Meertens, Marketing Department on 24th Sep 2026
Electronic music has a habit of creating its own language. Electro, acid, techno, IDM, machine funk… if you're not familiar with the history, it can sometimes feel like you need a degree in synthesizers just to know what you're listening to.
Thankfully, Gang Of 404, the latest album from UK electronic duo Posthuman, doesn't require any homework. It's an album you can simply put on, turn up and enjoy. But dig a little deeper and there's a fascinating history behind its futuristic sounds.
At its core, Gang Of 404 is an album rooted in electro, a style that emerged from the meeting point of electronic technology, funk and science fiction. Think Detroit in the 1980s, where artists such as Cybotron began imagining what funk might sound like when the musicians were replaced by drum machines and synthesizers. That futuristic approach was later pushed even further by artists such as Drexciya, Dopplereffekt and Aux 88.
Posthuman clearly know their history. Their influences stretch from Detroit electro and Chicago acid house to British techno, rave and the more experimental world of IDM. There are also nods to artists including Anthony Rother, Carl Finlow, Egyptian Lover and DMX Krew.
What makes Gang Of 404 enjoyable, though, is that it never feels like a history lesson.
The beats are crisp and mechanical, the basslines have plenty of funk, and the synthesizers regularly veer from melodic to gloriously strange. There are moments that sound like they belong in a late-night club, alongside passages that feel as though they've been beamed in from somewhere considerably further away.
Acid house is another important part of the mix. If you've ever heard those distinctive squelchy, bubbling bass sounds associated with the classic Roland TB-303 synthesizer, you'll recognise the influence. Posthuman have been deeply involved in the acid scene for years through their I Love Acid club nights and Balkan Vinyl label, and that experience comes through naturally rather than feeling bolted on.
There's also a pleasing sense of British electronic music history running through the record. Posthuman have been making music for decades, and Gang Of 404 manages to connect the sounds of early-2000s experimental electronics with the Detroit and Chicago influences that came before them.
And then there's the vinyl.
The physical release is particularly special, pressed on a limited-edition, unique 12" starburst, splatter, and glitter colorway vinyl designed to look like a galaxy. It's a wonderfully appropriate choice for an album that spends so much time imagining electronic music as something futuristic and otherworldly. It's the sort of record that looks just as good sitting on the shelf as it sounds spinning on the turntable.
Due to the process, every pressing will be unique.
"It's not really an acid record. It's not really even a 'clubby' record. It's more of a listening at home, electro, electronica, bit ambient at points, kind of album."
— Josh, Posthuman
Ultimately, Gang Of 404 is a celebration of electronic music's ability to make technology feel human. It's rhythmic, playful, occasionally weird and full of character, with enough musical ideas to reward repeated listening without ever becoming inaccessible.
You don't need to know your Drexciya from your Dopplereffekt to enjoy it. But if Gang Of 404 does send you down the rabbit hole to discover those artists afterwards, don't say you weren't warned.