Artwork By [Design] -
M. Standere
Written-By, Producer -
Photek
Notes
"Rings around Saturn" appears on the LTJ Bukem compilation "Logical Progression" under the title "Pharoah", presumably a reference to the Pharoah Sanders track "Astral Travelling" that it samples.
Review by sigma7Aug 19, 2006(edited over 3 years ago)
UFO came out at a perfect time when ufo’s and paranormal activity were everywhere in the media. The sample used here is an actual recording made by US military personnel while stationed at a base in the UK. It’s reported to be a genuine recording. Photek uses the sample brilliantly. Whenever I think of Photek, I think of this tune. Darkness envelopes this track, the bass, the snares, the cuts.. Deadly. Photek produced a killer here.
Review by swk24Aug 14, 2004(edited over 5 years ago)
"Rings Around Saturn" - what a sublime tune from beginning to end. Sliding out of an ambient beginning into a complex jazz-tinged groove, Photek delivers some of his finest, most intricate work here. A stupendous tune; indeed I've only ever heard it played as a set-closer, because how can you follow up something this great? Also appeared in an earlier form on the "Logical Progression" compilation under the name "Pharaoh", thanks to a sample from "Astral Traveling" by Pharaoh Sanders.
UFO starts off with some atmospheric soundtrack-esque accompaniment to dialogue from some amateur film footage of a UFO sighting. the subject matter and the paranoid otherworldy atmospherics go very well together and make up the basis for another intense piece of drum n bass.
Rings Around Saturn starts off with what appears to sound like rainfall. what follows is a very techy and fast paced intelligent groove. an excellent tune. essential listening.