AEK, Jun 20, 2007
Vladislav Delay has been off the boil for a long time now; nothing has really grabbed me since his releases on Chain Reaction and Max.Ernst. 'Whistleblower' marks a true return to form and is up there with the best of his productions. Exquisitely deep and drifting ambient, with shards of glitchy interference and hints of dub. This album is a definate 'headphones at night' experience; it draws you in right from the beginning and hangs you on the edge of sleep; though your senses are too stripped open to let you drift off. Up there with the likes of Henrik Bs' 'Kryoniks' and The Detroit Escalator Companys' 'Soundtrack [313]'; this should be noted as one of the landmarks in ambient music, and is certainly a contender for (beatless) album of the year. Ambient music rarely sees a vinyl pressing these days and I expect this release to be no exception. Thank fuck technologies like Rane Serato exist to enable us to mix music this beautiful on vinyl. One of the deepest and dreamiest releases I have heard in a long time... Highly recommended.
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