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Claro Intelecto - Metanarrative

Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Techno, Dub Techno, Minimal, Ambient
Year:
2008

Tracklist

Operation 5:03
Harsh Reality 4:21
Innocence 4:15
Before My Eyes 4:35
Nodrex 6:12
Gone To The Dogs 3:55
Dependant 8:00
Beautiful Death 3:48

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Title, FormatLabelCat#CountryYear
Metanarrative (2x12", Album, Ltd) Modern Love Love038 UK 2008
Metanarrative (2x12", Ltd, Album, Gen) Modern Love Love038 UK 2008
Metanarrative (CD, Album) Modern Love Love038CD UK 2008
Metanarrative (CD, Album, Promo, Car) Modern Love LOVE038CD UK 2008
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Review by Headphone_Commute May 18, 2008

referencing Metanarrative, CD, Album, Love038CD

After four volumes of Warehouse Sessions and a few additional twelve inchers on Modern Love, Mark Stewart releases his sophomore LP on the same label. Stewart began his Claro Intelecto project in 2003 on Manchester's IDM label, AI, with a Peace of Mind EP. He quickly followed the release with the acclaimed Neurofibro (named after his genetic disease). Metanarrative is more melodic than the preceding EPs, centered around deep bass groans and minimal grinds building up the postmodernist grand narrative. Stewart infuses the Detroit influenced UK beats with his IDM and electro background, creating an album that spans the sub-genres from dub techno to tech-house. This sound falls somewhere around cold warehouse nights and deep underground lounges, where the walls vibrate with bass, killing all the vermin in the process. In Neurofibro, I found myself attached to a handful of glitchy tracks on the wavelength of Arovane, Nautilis and Tipper. This time, Stewart has left his experimental touch in the past, and in Metanarrative we're only offered the straight up four-to-the-floor beats. The bpm doesn't scour or trot, instead it bathes in its leisurely rhythm. Combine that with a short album playtime (40 min), and you find yourself hitting play again after eight tracks. Recommended if follow Ricardo Villalobos, Alex Smoke and Lawrence.