Porter Ricks ‎– Biokinetics

It's odd how the amount of members who claim to 'have this' album and the number of 'Buy Vinyl' add up to more than 100 copies.. Hmm?

This would have been perfect as a 4x12" with deeper grooves, louder mastering. All the snaps, crackles and pops are really pronounced at this quieter volume. Luckily, there aren't many pops, and Type delivers quality (as always) with very low noise-floor vinyl.
Overall I'm really happy these were repressed and mostly satisfied with the result. I almost had to chop off a finger in a sacrificial ceremony to get a copy of the original Nautical Dub (Tidal Mix) /Port Gentil 12" on Chain Reaction. So thank you, Type.
A highly influential classic has been given a much-deserved re-presentation!
BRAVO!!!

Mind Melding Music.

Unfortunatly for the priceraisers this will be re-released. Fortunatly for those who haven't got a copy.
This is a real musthave for anyone who likes their music deep.

Seminal release from the likes of basic channel. Paved the way for what dub techno is today. Timeless.

Superb album, recently re-issued on the deadly Type label. You can tell within about 1 minute of the first tune that this album is going to be a monster. Anyone with the vaguest interest in techno or quality electronic music should snap this up without a second thought. The music is completely engrossing and sublime. Deep does not even come close to describing it.

Huge respect to Type Recordings for this. They always puts out fascinating music from a wide variety of genres. Knowing exactly how old this album really is makes it all the more incredible.

The first Chain Reaction CD and another mighty release on that label.
What can I say? The journey starts with Port Gentil which shows, how beautiful deep Techno music can be. But all the other tracks are amazing, too. And the track titles do them utterly justice. The whole album is very nautical and sounds like a trip with a submarine through the depth of the ocean. It's sooo awesome. I never heard another record, that sounds even approximately to this CD.
A true masterpiece.

One album that managed to stand the test of time and become a true classic of the genre. Like Daft Punk's "Homework", its influence in this style is almost ubiquitous, yet often subtlely employed. Swirling underwater textures coupled with harsh techno beats and a degree Basic Channel subtlety is the name of the game here, and listening to their solo ventures, you can easily see who brings what to the mix. Without doubt, "Nautical Dub" is the track that always does it for me; all of the elements come to a major climax here (albeit an early one) and the result is one of the most defining tracks of minimal techno. If only it was a little longer...

Porter Ricks’ “Biokinetics” is Berlin dub that got thrown overboard somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle, to emerge as one of the most interesting Chain Reaction releases. It has all the hallmarks of the seminal German label: industrial percussion & beatscapes with heavy fx processing. But is has a shimmer to it that most of the other Chain Reaction releases lack, a glitter like the waves of an ocean or the scales of a fish. The tracks that don’t necessarily shimmer gurgle and ooze like seaweed in a tide pool, or sort of drift along like the flotsam that accumulates in a marina. This CD takes me somewhere that no other music can. No other CD I own manages to simultaneously sound so completely mechanic, and yet so entirely organic.

This is the music William Gibson's pilots are listening to in "Neuromancer".

Another Chain Reaction release, another metal box that eats up CDs. Hopefully, you’ll have saved Porter Ricks’ Biokinetics album in a separate container, because you don’t want it to be destroyed. The first track, “Port Gentil,” is a shimmering piece of minimalism, with all the hallmarks of the Chain Reaction sound. But the majority of the tracks here are more on the ambient tip, with industrial chugs and grunts. “Biokinetics 1” and “Biokinetics 2” are cold, haunting works. “Port of Call” goes back to the rhythmical, but the spookiness of the ambient works is still there, while “Port of Nuba” and its companion, “Nautical Nuba,” are all clicks and thumps. “Nautical Zone” ends the album on a glimmering note. Though Biokinetics isn’t quite as wonderful as some other Chain Reaction releases, it’s still worth saving!