miss bass
08-11-2004, 06:31 PM
nice little list of records and cds here :clap:
Hey hey folks,
Its time to get used to the lists flowing thick and fast, as there is mountain of lists coming soon. More records than you can shake a stick at and many that where previously very difficult to obtain in the uk.
For now, here is a list of overlooked items that are very very strong releases and certainly may require your attention. J
Send orders to mailorder@handlewithcare.de
Cheers
Invposs8003 – simm – welcome – invisible/possible (cd - £7)
http://www.discogs.com/release/9769
Like a force of nature unto himself, MICK HARRIS comes with a lot of pre-established reputation. After his time with NAPALM DEATH, the precedent was set for attempting to push boundaries with an extremely malevolent undertone. His teaming up of his label, possible, with invisible run by MARTIN ATKINS (PiL, PIGFACE) in chicago carried on both labels commitment to dark industrial ambient, otherwise retermed as illbient, dark hip hop textures, and brooding dub. This made me chuckle to be described as BAD TRIP HOP, far from the music being bad, the sentiment is a voyage to a dark place through broken beat textures.
Eraldo Bernocchi has in the past collaborated with Bill Laswell, and here shows that he is very much up to high standard on his own as well. This is a very dark affair, ‘frozen chances’ really taking the pace down in its minimal tweaking and the dense dub frequencies used to suck you under. All in all, this is a walk through a morgue at midnight, it’s a horror-core hip hop album, but all the rappers are dead. It’s a major nod to industrial soundscapes, but with a twisted sense of collapsing hip hop rhythms, and then the textural synth tweaking over the top adds more grime and filth. Bliss!!
Dotcom01 – Dj Sueme – A Long Way Down – Dotcom
http://www.discogs.com/release/5470
Subheads own label of seriously wonky leftfield techno from their friends and masters of the genre.
Dublon01 – percy x/active service unit – from dublin to London – dublon
This D1 / pure plastic split release is a gem of smooth, string laden techno. The Percy x going for the deeper affair, but active service unit slam it out with tough rythms and strong emotional strings and drops.
FOCUS ON - ARCHETYPE:
http://www.discogs.com/label/Archetype+Records
HOT LABEL FROM KNE’ DEEP / HIGH OCTANE CHICAGO BASED PRODUCER / DJ, MIKE WADE.
This label is a diamond find for anyone who hasn’t found it yet. Pummelling techno with strong Detroit and Chicago feel. For those who dig the sounds of Robert Hood, Jeff mills, Chancellor. Probably a little tougher than they are as well!! Do not miss out on these, essential techno releases!!!
Arch03
12" Mike Wade - First Breath
Arch04
12" Mike Wade - Regaining Control
Arch05
12" Mike Wade - The Level
Here is a current stock list for
FRAMEWORK RECORDS
Check out the releases below
FW015
FW014
FW013
FW010
FW007
FW006
Drop me a line if you would like to order any of these releases. £3 per 12” plus your postage and packing.
A ROUND UP OF IMPORT TITLES IN LOW QUANTITY ;-)
CD’S
Aircd01 – final dream – the future is dark – audio illusion
Beyond003cd – visitors – - beats beyond
It16 – GD Luxxe – 21st door – interdimensional transmissions
- Johnny Kawasaki & dj suspence - djs on strike: too hot for solid steel
Kmod01 – phonique & kiki – quadrophoniquekikz vol1 – Komfort
Log26cd – blackstage – reworks – logistic
Playcd06 – john tejada & arain leviste – fairfax sake – playhouse
Plip3004 – various – micro blue – plop
Plip3008 – gel – dolce – plop
Pros01 – various – expertise – prospect
psinet06cd – Anthony rother – simulationzeitalter – psi net
Pure10 – dj t 1000 – pure sonik evening – pure sonik
Qs141 – rockers delight – the sound of darkest paris – quatermass
sch010lp – phoenicia – brownout – schematic
six001 – various – six records breaks your heart again – six records
- various – beats beyond the underground – beats beyond
Vm04 – silex – alphabet – vibrant music
Zealcd01 – diagram of suburban chaos – status negatives – zeal
Zharkcd02 – Huren – pub(l)ic meat – zhark
VINYL
Aim08 – daiphlux – mbrnjnftr – aim
Gatefold single 12” of very wired deep minimal techno.
Aop11 – northern lite/cle & mike vamp – tyranids – art of perception
A great display of talent in that grey area between punky electroclash and techno.
C30 – adult. - Blank eyes, nose bleed – clone
Superb punk electro cuts. Nasty caustic and electronic though it sounds like a live band, brilliant!!
Cheap38 – louie austen – amore – cheap
Super crooner, austen, gets very smooth on this berlin glitch house label. Highly respectable tongue in cheek cheese. Features a remix by peaches.
Cheap40 – louie austen – hoping remixes - cheap
More delicate crooning with remixes from matthew Herbert and jimi tenor.
Fhm006 – sven elmlund – sudden access – funkhaus musik
Disco spiced tough tech house for the dancefloor.
Fim236 – akufen – my way remixes (kooky, hakan lidbo, dan bell, cabanne) – force inc
Great track, great set of remixes, you cant go wrong!!
Fim241 – codebase – seek & destroy (with swayzak & stewart walker mix) – force inc
Smooth tech edged dancefloor gear with top quality remixes.
Foc359lp – john tejada – the matrix of us – de:focus
Classic album from the one and only john tejada
Ft03 – third deck trax vol1 – fortek records
Thumping techno tracks from clone distribution
Ft54 – luomo – tessio – force trax
Vladislav delays pseudonym conjures up what sounds like a kylie track, until you realise that the production is incredible!!!
Ft62 – luomo – the present lover – force trax
Triple album from vladislav delay. Tech house in flava, but with his distinct quality production.
Incus11 – l’usine/kettle/skipsapiens/crunch/the buddy system/funckarma – perspective fragments – inc us
great compilation from some of the top names in electronica today.
Incus3 – llips – the Brooklyn attitude – inc us
Incus5 – esa ruoho – spaces – inc us
Deep minimalism on this much sought after release.
Incus8 – l’usine icl – coalition – inc us
The man, he never puts a foot wrong. A stunning ep from a slightly more hip hop direction than normal.
it12 – 2raumwohnung – frie liebe – it sounds
Big german pop house with riotous chorus and commercial feel.
Itu1999 – ectomorph/shake/dj recloose/dan bell – comin from tha d – intuit solar
Detroit in full effect!! Varied 4 tracker of electro and 4/4 with that big D feel.
Klang79 – betrieb – bubifunk – klang
Another classic from Klang, betrieb are proper masters of electronic quirk.
Krec07 – miwon / st8 – Hendrix – kohvire records
6 tracks of delicate, varied and beautiful electronica. Killer record!!
Krec08 – pastacas – dehemardik datis – kohvire records
Consistent quality, as acoustic guitars get some proper dsp processing for that more indie-tronica feel.
Log06 – marcross & fenshu – Darwinism/psychorock – logos
Essential!!! For those into electro or breakcore this is a must!!! Brutal and feisty this is an epic 12”, you will not be disappointed.
Mg034 – miss kittin & the hacker – the beach – mental groove
Shooting stars of the electro world get all balaeric on this subtle house release.
Mofa07 – monosurround/solar/first men on Pluto/savas pascalidis vs kid vicious
More punked up german electroclash crossover tracks. Tough stuff!!
Ns001 – mystic – the life – neverstop
Grammy award winning rapper gets remixes from dj nasir and plastiq phantom.
Pias76 – agoria – 11th march – pias
Huge tracks from this French star.
Pias78 – agoria – sky is clear – pias
Another classic from the man, throws the subs in for this one.
Pom13 – spesimin – archaeology – pomelo
Detroit electro, great moody tweaked tracks including a great Arabian scale track.
Realler01 – roswell – goodbye hatred – realer
One side techno, one side electro, all very dark and sinister, good stuff!!
Sat007 – airlocktronics – try saving a dream – satamile
NYs classic satamile label invites Germanys airlocktronics for a dark tweaked up electro trip.
Separe09 – player – bud ep – separe
Cheeky European house, sassy commercial feel.
Spork06 – someone else – poop trax vol1 – tuning spork
Dense minimal structures on this top glitch tech label.
Spork07 – the architect – pixelated porn king – tuning spork
Pixelated is the word, as this ep gets shredded with a barrage of clicks and tweaks.
Sprung13 – edit ready – breathe thru your feet –sprungkartelwachs
Macedonian female duo drop four tracks of very chunky dancefloor electro to rock your party.
Sprung18 – mat carter – populus – sprungkartelwachs
Varied ep from the dedbeat organiser. From glitched 4/4, to hip hop, to minimal electro.
Subdeviant01 – llips – dos partes – subdeviant
Tele07lp – john starlight – rip it! – television
Punky techno/electro cuts from the man behind zombie nation. His writing in this guise is much better than the pop approach of zombie.
Zhark19 - le talium - ekom axpe – zhark
Ultra industrial techno from the scariest label on the planet. Not for the feint hearted, this is an amazing ep for those who like it industrial.
Chan7 - nino fight - the best product - chan n mikes
Breakcore and lo-fi electronics getting very abused. Mr Forshaw can sure dig them up.
Null06 - din st - 93 in the morning - null
Sik chopped up breakcore from these tresor artists.
Cosm01 - aysam/feadz/les components - cosmetic music
Artists of notable acclaim, chopping up techno and electro to make a nice dsp chop up.
Null08 - hanno hinkelbein - friendly fire – null
Superb!! Raga junglist hardcore mash up with a great big dollop of wonkiness. Smashing!!
Lbrb3 - little brutal rave bastards
Long player of nihilistic soundscapes and wall of noise industrial/jungle assaults, ouch!!!
Marasm00 - modelz - monotest01 – marasm
Cute blue 10” of analog electro. Class!!
Ptit gris3 - dan h - wax wirebug - ptit gris
The best looking bit of vinyl ever!!! Marbled black and white smears, and the music is grimey industrial electro that builds into a sickening crescendo.
Air3018 - dj controlled weirdness - Deptford market arcade classics - audio illusion
Interesting and innovative beat programming and some superb sampling.
Shed01 - edit / surfing Bernard - shed records
London label of wonk with trackheadz connections.
Mir003.2 - 2cb - earth mover - mental ind
Ungodly track!!! A beast of a 12” for the a side cut alone. It’s a good job the other tracks are shit hot too!!
Coming soon!! Taking pre-orders now!!!!
Klk004 – various Andreas Tiliander - Perfect Manner, Lod – Taylor, Tomas Jirku - One more chance, Tomas Jirku - Smooth operator - Klitekture
Stunning little release this, really really great tracks.
After Andreas Tillianders trip to Birmingham for Default, and prolific releases under many guises for many strong labels (mille plateaux, komplott, type, resopal) his individuality and his skills are well known. His opening cut is a great sonic assault, big strings and chopped, grainy feel. The definitive dancefloor cut of the release, though detail and impressive sound textures heavily reveal a long time has gone into the process.
Lods track is a dark granular, more abstract cut, moody and dipping more into a freeform style. the Jirku tracks are very impressive. The outer cut, with, not exactly drops, but dense feedback and a wonderful shuffled feel. And smooth operator is my favourite. Its not a dancefloor track really, its far too reserved in its own gentle way. But it just has a very strong little narrative running through it with the clicks and delicate edits that keeps your mind awake and your toes tapping. Very intelligent, and rewardingly unobtrusive.
All round a stunning release and keeping up the momentum of the label. look out for the previous releases.
http://www.discogs.com/label/Klitekture
B:cuts003 – Downliners Sect – The Pledge – B:Cuts
Splendid little electronica 3tracker from france on an offshoot from the drum and bass label BLOOM. With their drum and bass sewn up, its seems they must be keeping it very intelligent there, as this comes across as very diversely influenced, but never too much of one thing. ‘Collecting the connections’ is the most drum n bass style track on there, but even that skulks away in the realms of more electronic tweakery than rude boy antics. This is bukem in a bad mood, smooth but lurking in sinister manner.
Perpendicular is a jaw dropper. Lots and lots of styles gently merging. Jazzy elements are coming from electronics, but it never seeps over. Lovely broken rhythm pattern and nice movement to the bassline when it ripples along and drops. This is music for high class bars that don’t want a pumping rave every night of the week. Somewhere to retreat to where the music will stimulate but not overpower the ears.
The Pledge takes them that correct step for what they set out to do. Very abstract unusual rhythm for an a side cut if they where wanting to push that d’n’b side, but its clear that the electronics prevails. Spikey jarring rhythms smash against the melancholy dragged from the strings. For anyone who plays the more electronica edge of electro/breaks there is a secret track hidden in this. It’s the same track on +8 at 45. It gets it to the tempo you want and really kicks off!! J
This reminds me of FUNCKARMA, FUNKSTORNUNG, DUB RECORDS in its bold epic approach to its sound and confidence of execution. It’s a lovely sleeve too, with a wrap around sticker for sealed artwork, and very stylish artwork at that. A winner all round.
What they say:
DOWNLINERS SEKT - "The Pledge"
[b:cuts 003] / «Electronica abstract breaks & bass» Released June 2004
A1 – The Pledge
AA1 – Collecting The Connections / AA2 – Perpendicular 8
Downliners Sekt is the electronica/abstract breaks project from Chris Albero, Pere Sole, Fabrice Rizzin and Alex Cortes.
Downliners Sekt conceive a soundtrack directly inspired by the urban environment they evolve into.
It is a complex collective exploring the dissonant side of breaks & abstract electronica.
Cytrax023 – Geoff White – Nevertheless – Cytrax
The glitch meister. Geoff white has rapidly risen to a well established name on the glitch circuits, and if the response to his recent album on GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL under the name AEROC is anything to go by, then this album will be lovingly received. Back from the subliminal depths of ‘VISCOUS SOLID’ to that dubbed up 4/4 glitched up bliss he has acquired the reputation for. Those lovely processed clicks and liquid synths talking to us in dub. And very deep dub it gets down. So delicate, yet so omnipotent in its special content, and still with a washing of electronically processed sound bytes to glitch away and keep an element of rhythmical mischief.
A gorgeous gatefold sleeve caps this off as a splendid package, the artwork is wonderfully detailed and pixellated. The lucky purchasers of the first 1000 pressed receive a free colour poster of the artwork that is slipped into the sleeve.
With his edit label lining up for another round of high quality releases and remixes 2005 could well be his year.
Please send emails to mailorder@handlewithcare.de if you require an order, or you would like to pre-order some of the last 3 listed records.
Thanks for your interest
Hey hey folks,
Its time to get used to the lists flowing thick and fast, as there is mountain of lists coming soon. More records than you can shake a stick at and many that where previously very difficult to obtain in the uk.
For now, here is a list of overlooked items that are very very strong releases and certainly may require your attention. J
Send orders to mailorder@handlewithcare.de
Cheers
Invposs8003 – simm – welcome – invisible/possible (cd - £7)
http://www.discogs.com/release/9769
Like a force of nature unto himself, MICK HARRIS comes with a lot of pre-established reputation. After his time with NAPALM DEATH, the precedent was set for attempting to push boundaries with an extremely malevolent undertone. His teaming up of his label, possible, with invisible run by MARTIN ATKINS (PiL, PIGFACE) in chicago carried on both labels commitment to dark industrial ambient, otherwise retermed as illbient, dark hip hop textures, and brooding dub. This made me chuckle to be described as BAD TRIP HOP, far from the music being bad, the sentiment is a voyage to a dark place through broken beat textures.
Eraldo Bernocchi has in the past collaborated with Bill Laswell, and here shows that he is very much up to high standard on his own as well. This is a very dark affair, ‘frozen chances’ really taking the pace down in its minimal tweaking and the dense dub frequencies used to suck you under. All in all, this is a walk through a morgue at midnight, it’s a horror-core hip hop album, but all the rappers are dead. It’s a major nod to industrial soundscapes, but with a twisted sense of collapsing hip hop rhythms, and then the textural synth tweaking over the top adds more grime and filth. Bliss!!
Dotcom01 – Dj Sueme – A Long Way Down – Dotcom
http://www.discogs.com/release/5470
Subheads own label of seriously wonky leftfield techno from their friends and masters of the genre.
Dublon01 – percy x/active service unit – from dublin to London – dublon
This D1 / pure plastic split release is a gem of smooth, string laden techno. The Percy x going for the deeper affair, but active service unit slam it out with tough rythms and strong emotional strings and drops.
FOCUS ON - ARCHETYPE:
http://www.discogs.com/label/Archetype+Records
HOT LABEL FROM KNE’ DEEP / HIGH OCTANE CHICAGO BASED PRODUCER / DJ, MIKE WADE.
This label is a diamond find for anyone who hasn’t found it yet. Pummelling techno with strong Detroit and Chicago feel. For those who dig the sounds of Robert Hood, Jeff mills, Chancellor. Probably a little tougher than they are as well!! Do not miss out on these, essential techno releases!!!
Arch03
12" Mike Wade - First Breath
Arch04
12" Mike Wade - Regaining Control
Arch05
12" Mike Wade - The Level
Here is a current stock list for
FRAMEWORK RECORDS
Check out the releases below
FW015
FW014
FW013
FW010
FW007
FW006
Drop me a line if you would like to order any of these releases. £3 per 12” plus your postage and packing.
A ROUND UP OF IMPORT TITLES IN LOW QUANTITY ;-)
CD’S
Aircd01 – final dream – the future is dark – audio illusion
Beyond003cd – visitors – - beats beyond
It16 – GD Luxxe – 21st door – interdimensional transmissions
- Johnny Kawasaki & dj suspence - djs on strike: too hot for solid steel
Kmod01 – phonique & kiki – quadrophoniquekikz vol1 – Komfort
Log26cd – blackstage – reworks – logistic
Playcd06 – john tejada & arain leviste – fairfax sake – playhouse
Plip3004 – various – micro blue – plop
Plip3008 – gel – dolce – plop
Pros01 – various – expertise – prospect
psinet06cd – Anthony rother – simulationzeitalter – psi net
Pure10 – dj t 1000 – pure sonik evening – pure sonik
Qs141 – rockers delight – the sound of darkest paris – quatermass
sch010lp – phoenicia – brownout – schematic
six001 – various – six records breaks your heart again – six records
- various – beats beyond the underground – beats beyond
Vm04 – silex – alphabet – vibrant music
Zealcd01 – diagram of suburban chaos – status negatives – zeal
Zharkcd02 – Huren – pub(l)ic meat – zhark
VINYL
Aim08 – daiphlux – mbrnjnftr – aim
Gatefold single 12” of very wired deep minimal techno.
Aop11 – northern lite/cle & mike vamp – tyranids – art of perception
A great display of talent in that grey area between punky electroclash and techno.
C30 – adult. - Blank eyes, nose bleed – clone
Superb punk electro cuts. Nasty caustic and electronic though it sounds like a live band, brilliant!!
Cheap38 – louie austen – amore – cheap
Super crooner, austen, gets very smooth on this berlin glitch house label. Highly respectable tongue in cheek cheese. Features a remix by peaches.
Cheap40 – louie austen – hoping remixes - cheap
More delicate crooning with remixes from matthew Herbert and jimi tenor.
Fhm006 – sven elmlund – sudden access – funkhaus musik
Disco spiced tough tech house for the dancefloor.
Fim236 – akufen – my way remixes (kooky, hakan lidbo, dan bell, cabanne) – force inc
Great track, great set of remixes, you cant go wrong!!
Fim241 – codebase – seek & destroy (with swayzak & stewart walker mix) – force inc
Smooth tech edged dancefloor gear with top quality remixes.
Foc359lp – john tejada – the matrix of us – de:focus
Classic album from the one and only john tejada
Ft03 – third deck trax vol1 – fortek records
Thumping techno tracks from clone distribution
Ft54 – luomo – tessio – force trax
Vladislav delays pseudonym conjures up what sounds like a kylie track, until you realise that the production is incredible!!!
Ft62 – luomo – the present lover – force trax
Triple album from vladislav delay. Tech house in flava, but with his distinct quality production.
Incus11 – l’usine/kettle/skipsapiens/crunch/the buddy system/funckarma – perspective fragments – inc us
great compilation from some of the top names in electronica today.
Incus3 – llips – the Brooklyn attitude – inc us
Incus5 – esa ruoho – spaces – inc us
Deep minimalism on this much sought after release.
Incus8 – l’usine icl – coalition – inc us
The man, he never puts a foot wrong. A stunning ep from a slightly more hip hop direction than normal.
it12 – 2raumwohnung – frie liebe – it sounds
Big german pop house with riotous chorus and commercial feel.
Itu1999 – ectomorph/shake/dj recloose/dan bell – comin from tha d – intuit solar
Detroit in full effect!! Varied 4 tracker of electro and 4/4 with that big D feel.
Klang79 – betrieb – bubifunk – klang
Another classic from Klang, betrieb are proper masters of electronic quirk.
Krec07 – miwon / st8 – Hendrix – kohvire records
6 tracks of delicate, varied and beautiful electronica. Killer record!!
Krec08 – pastacas – dehemardik datis – kohvire records
Consistent quality, as acoustic guitars get some proper dsp processing for that more indie-tronica feel.
Log06 – marcross & fenshu – Darwinism/psychorock – logos
Essential!!! For those into electro or breakcore this is a must!!! Brutal and feisty this is an epic 12”, you will not be disappointed.
Mg034 – miss kittin & the hacker – the beach – mental groove
Shooting stars of the electro world get all balaeric on this subtle house release.
Mofa07 – monosurround/solar/first men on Pluto/savas pascalidis vs kid vicious
More punked up german electroclash crossover tracks. Tough stuff!!
Ns001 – mystic – the life – neverstop
Grammy award winning rapper gets remixes from dj nasir and plastiq phantom.
Pias76 – agoria – 11th march – pias
Huge tracks from this French star.
Pias78 – agoria – sky is clear – pias
Another classic from the man, throws the subs in for this one.
Pom13 – spesimin – archaeology – pomelo
Detroit electro, great moody tweaked tracks including a great Arabian scale track.
Realler01 – roswell – goodbye hatred – realer
One side techno, one side electro, all very dark and sinister, good stuff!!
Sat007 – airlocktronics – try saving a dream – satamile
NYs classic satamile label invites Germanys airlocktronics for a dark tweaked up electro trip.
Separe09 – player – bud ep – separe
Cheeky European house, sassy commercial feel.
Spork06 – someone else – poop trax vol1 – tuning spork
Dense minimal structures on this top glitch tech label.
Spork07 – the architect – pixelated porn king – tuning spork
Pixelated is the word, as this ep gets shredded with a barrage of clicks and tweaks.
Sprung13 – edit ready – breathe thru your feet –sprungkartelwachs
Macedonian female duo drop four tracks of very chunky dancefloor electro to rock your party.
Sprung18 – mat carter – populus – sprungkartelwachs
Varied ep from the dedbeat organiser. From glitched 4/4, to hip hop, to minimal electro.
Subdeviant01 – llips – dos partes – subdeviant
Tele07lp – john starlight – rip it! – television
Punky techno/electro cuts from the man behind zombie nation. His writing in this guise is much better than the pop approach of zombie.
Zhark19 - le talium - ekom axpe – zhark
Ultra industrial techno from the scariest label on the planet. Not for the feint hearted, this is an amazing ep for those who like it industrial.
Chan7 - nino fight - the best product - chan n mikes
Breakcore and lo-fi electronics getting very abused. Mr Forshaw can sure dig them up.
Null06 - din st - 93 in the morning - null
Sik chopped up breakcore from these tresor artists.
Cosm01 - aysam/feadz/les components - cosmetic music
Artists of notable acclaim, chopping up techno and electro to make a nice dsp chop up.
Null08 - hanno hinkelbein - friendly fire – null
Superb!! Raga junglist hardcore mash up with a great big dollop of wonkiness. Smashing!!
Lbrb3 - little brutal rave bastards
Long player of nihilistic soundscapes and wall of noise industrial/jungle assaults, ouch!!!
Marasm00 - modelz - monotest01 – marasm
Cute blue 10” of analog electro. Class!!
Ptit gris3 - dan h - wax wirebug - ptit gris
The best looking bit of vinyl ever!!! Marbled black and white smears, and the music is grimey industrial electro that builds into a sickening crescendo.
Air3018 - dj controlled weirdness - Deptford market arcade classics - audio illusion
Interesting and innovative beat programming and some superb sampling.
Shed01 - edit / surfing Bernard - shed records
London label of wonk with trackheadz connections.
Mir003.2 - 2cb - earth mover - mental ind
Ungodly track!!! A beast of a 12” for the a side cut alone. It’s a good job the other tracks are shit hot too!!
Coming soon!! Taking pre-orders now!!!!
Klk004 – various Andreas Tiliander - Perfect Manner, Lod – Taylor, Tomas Jirku - One more chance, Tomas Jirku - Smooth operator - Klitekture
Stunning little release this, really really great tracks.
After Andreas Tillianders trip to Birmingham for Default, and prolific releases under many guises for many strong labels (mille plateaux, komplott, type, resopal) his individuality and his skills are well known. His opening cut is a great sonic assault, big strings and chopped, grainy feel. The definitive dancefloor cut of the release, though detail and impressive sound textures heavily reveal a long time has gone into the process.
Lods track is a dark granular, more abstract cut, moody and dipping more into a freeform style. the Jirku tracks are very impressive. The outer cut, with, not exactly drops, but dense feedback and a wonderful shuffled feel. And smooth operator is my favourite. Its not a dancefloor track really, its far too reserved in its own gentle way. But it just has a very strong little narrative running through it with the clicks and delicate edits that keeps your mind awake and your toes tapping. Very intelligent, and rewardingly unobtrusive.
All round a stunning release and keeping up the momentum of the label. look out for the previous releases.
http://www.discogs.com/label/Klitekture
B:cuts003 – Downliners Sect – The Pledge – B:Cuts
Splendid little electronica 3tracker from france on an offshoot from the drum and bass label BLOOM. With their drum and bass sewn up, its seems they must be keeping it very intelligent there, as this comes across as very diversely influenced, but never too much of one thing. ‘Collecting the connections’ is the most drum n bass style track on there, but even that skulks away in the realms of more electronic tweakery than rude boy antics. This is bukem in a bad mood, smooth but lurking in sinister manner.
Perpendicular is a jaw dropper. Lots and lots of styles gently merging. Jazzy elements are coming from electronics, but it never seeps over. Lovely broken rhythm pattern and nice movement to the bassline when it ripples along and drops. This is music for high class bars that don’t want a pumping rave every night of the week. Somewhere to retreat to where the music will stimulate but not overpower the ears.
The Pledge takes them that correct step for what they set out to do. Very abstract unusual rhythm for an a side cut if they where wanting to push that d’n’b side, but its clear that the electronics prevails. Spikey jarring rhythms smash against the melancholy dragged from the strings. For anyone who plays the more electronica edge of electro/breaks there is a secret track hidden in this. It’s the same track on +8 at 45. It gets it to the tempo you want and really kicks off!! J
This reminds me of FUNCKARMA, FUNKSTORNUNG, DUB RECORDS in its bold epic approach to its sound and confidence of execution. It’s a lovely sleeve too, with a wrap around sticker for sealed artwork, and very stylish artwork at that. A winner all round.
What they say:
DOWNLINERS SEKT - "The Pledge"
[b:cuts 003] / «Electronica abstract breaks & bass» Released June 2004
A1 – The Pledge
AA1 – Collecting The Connections / AA2 – Perpendicular 8
Downliners Sekt is the electronica/abstract breaks project from Chris Albero, Pere Sole, Fabrice Rizzin and Alex Cortes.
Downliners Sekt conceive a soundtrack directly inspired by the urban environment they evolve into.
It is a complex collective exploring the dissonant side of breaks & abstract electronica.
Cytrax023 – Geoff White – Nevertheless – Cytrax
The glitch meister. Geoff white has rapidly risen to a well established name on the glitch circuits, and if the response to his recent album on GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL under the name AEROC is anything to go by, then this album will be lovingly received. Back from the subliminal depths of ‘VISCOUS SOLID’ to that dubbed up 4/4 glitched up bliss he has acquired the reputation for. Those lovely processed clicks and liquid synths talking to us in dub. And very deep dub it gets down. So delicate, yet so omnipotent in its special content, and still with a washing of electronically processed sound bytes to glitch away and keep an element of rhythmical mischief.
A gorgeous gatefold sleeve caps this off as a splendid package, the artwork is wonderfully detailed and pixellated. The lucky purchasers of the first 1000 pressed receive a free colour poster of the artwork that is slipped into the sleeve.
With his edit label lining up for another round of high quality releases and remixes 2005 could well be his year.
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