There are plenty of startling, unexpected moments, like when "We Have Seen Another World" switches between a growling, pounding shuffle and a lighter, airier melody. Even with the presence of carnival-like drum patterns, the music often feels dark and eerie rather than festive.
The title also seems to refer to how strange and unconventional the album sounds. The title Support Alien Invasion encourages the embrace of other cultures, and the music takes influence from a variety of African and Latin dance styles, from cumbia to kuduro, but Aguayo seems to build his own sonic language out of these elements rather than try to faithfully replicate any styles in particular. Instead, he places the focus on rhythms, particularly ones that are much more complex than the basic 4/4 thump often associated with techno and house.
Support Alien Invasion is surprisingly devoid of Aguayo's playful, sensual vocals - quite shocking coming from the man who released Ay Ay Ay, consisting mainly of improvisational-sounding vocal loops, a decade earlier. Two years after Matias Aguayo released an album of spooky dance-rock with his band the Desdemonas, the Chilean-German producer seemed to change directions entirely with his fourth solo full-length.
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