Former (and perhaps future) Seattle techno-dub producer Kris Moon has been woodshedding in a Missoula, Montana cabin for five months. He had the full Montucky beard to prove it. Moon’s been hunched over his gear in an isolated lab in the boonies, concocting more extraordinary techno for your techno-lovin’ asses and brains. He returned to the city of his greatest glory on Tuesday, playing Travis Baron’s Made! weekly at Vito’s in order to unleash the fruits of his fruitful labor. Many people smiled and danced vigorously.

Moon’s hour-and-change set plumbed minimal-techno’s implied funkiness and surreptitious hedonism with scientific rigor. Unusual and piquant percussion accentuated the thrumming 4/4 beats. Berlin and Detroit’s tekno™ templates became distilled into Northwestern dancefloor mantras. It was hard and sexy. Good vibes rolled through Vito’s like the O’Jays’ love train, but with more steel in its caboose. His performance anti-climaxed with Flo Rida’s ubiquitous hiphop song about Shawty getting low low low low low.

WTF? Kris always was a cheeky dude; his long-running top-40 hiphop DJ gig at The Ballroom must have returned to him like a case of audio acid reflux. Nonetheless, those who came for a serious dose of Moon’s heady techno jams staggered away satisfied.

Kris Moon performs at Hempfest Aug. 17 and at Decibel Festival Sept. 28.