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Johannes Heil - 20,000 Leagues under the skin (2003). This is simply, really really solid techno. The production is pretty much flawless across the whole record, and everything is perfectly balanced - nothing too banging, nothing that drags, all the elements are working seamlessly in their place. Even though all the tracks are purely ‘instrumental’ … Continue reading 02/12/2019 This week I have been mostly listening to
Reload - A Collection of Short Stories (1993). This keeps cropping up on my internet travels as a classic of the early 90s ‘electronic listening music’ genre, as I’m styling it (ambient techno, post-rave, ‘intelligent dance music’ as suggested by the Warp Records Artificial Intelligence compilations, rather than IDM, which I associate with more late … Continue reading 25/11/19 This week I have been mostly listening to
Luke Slater - Freek Funk (1997). Monday morning on the way to work, I tried out Luke Slater’s album, Freek Funk, for the first time. Luke Slater came to my attention via a track on Quinoline Yellow’s Secret Thirteen Mix some years ago. This was a track from his 7th Plane alias, and the two … Continue reading 11/11/2019: This week I have been mostly listening to…
Yesterday, today, tomorrow. An appropriate translation, as this is timeless music. But then again, like so much high quality techno music, it contains the seeds of its past, the sound of now, and an eye on the future horizon. So yes, timeless. In the case of this album I don’t mean timeless in the sense … Continue reading Sender Berlin – Gestern Heute Morgen
The Black Dog - Spanners (1995). This has been on the to do list for ages, as by all accounts it’s an absolute classic of 90s electronic music - by y’all know how it is: so much music, so little time. Anyway, my sporadic listening on headphones while walking around doing other stuff is not … Continue reading 04/11/19: This week I have been mostly listening to
This release is barely over half an hour but is essential mid-period Aphex, catching that transition from the analogue sound of I Care Because You Do to the hyper-manipulated beats of Come to Daddy and Drukqs. Opening track, Children Talking, is the classic Aphex juxtaposition of silliness with darkness, innocence and malevolence. The old sample … Continue reading AFX – Hangable Auto Bulb
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