Plastikman - Artifakts (BC)

As tough as it may be to chose, this is my favorite Plastikman release. "Sheet One" would probably come in as a close second, but that actually depends more on my mood than on the music quality. It's all ace material!
"Artifakts" contains some of Richie's most spacey, far reaching and smooth music he's ever done- the 303s are not abused as in some of his earlier works, the precussion is somewhat toned down in favor of deep atmospheres, background soundscapes forging sophisticated moods within the listener. It's an album I go through start to finish, which is something I cannot say for other Plastikman releases, where I usually pick out some favourites to play. It's a top notch minimal ambient album, with just enough going on to really keep you listening and voyaging to outer space. I even prefer it to his next one, "Consumed", which in my humble opinion, was a bit two dimensional. This is marvellous, timeless stuff.