Visitor - Stop The Music

Just a sub-heavy bassline, crisp percussion and an efficiently simple synth loop. The classic Basic Channel styled dub-chords oscillating through the mist of the dancefloor, building something up... and then the kick drops. Only for a few bars, but enough to wake you up from your rapture. The beat kicks in again and takes you away. Yes, the title track on "Stop The Music" by the Visitor project definitely speaks the subversive language of rave.

Not exactly easy to come by these days, this well overlooked 12" by Mark Broom and Dave Hill contains some amazing music. While above mentioned track is finest Minimal Techno comparable to the works of Robert Hood, Convextion, Andy Stott or Pigon of Germany's Dial imprint, the Rue East remix of "Past Present And Future" is more percussive and faster. Think Claude Young, Jeff Mills or Ken Ishii in their best years, i. e. elaborate Techno with a distinct feeling to it. The kickless "Back In The Old" on the other hand is more a step towards Deep House. With its lush bassline and theme-like strings it tops off this excellent record.