Since forming in 1995, the brothers David and Stephen Dewaele have spent three decades earning a reputation as one of the 21st century’s most esteemed production duos, building a world of sound that merged rock and electronics, obliterated the distinction between highbrow and lowbrow, and elevated the remix to the level of high art. On All Systems Are Lying—their first studio album in seven years, following 2018’s Essential—the Belgian duo set out to create a rock album sans electric guitars, channeling the energy of a live band through electronic instruments. Built entirely from modular synths, live drums, tape machines, and processed vocals, its 14 tracks counter the anxiety and paranoia of contemporary life with the occasional burst of creative defiance: “I wanna run free with the music,” they sing on “Run Free.” “Oh, you’ll never slow me down.”