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Bossk (2) - 4loom1 - 22-Oct-09 07:15 AM
This could be open for argument, but this Thomas Heckmann release has an almost tech-house feel to it? A is the best track, beginning with a nice synth riff (that could have been reversed) that maintains itself through the duration; being joined by squidgy 303 and some nice 909: always a good combination. B1 has some nice chords, effects and percussion for maximum enjoyment. B2 with its pads and more nice 909 will move your feet. Not as good as the second Bossk 12, but still some vinyl worth tracking; cos I'm glad I did. (As an aside, the artist name, as well as record title, are tributes to Star Wars again.)

Age - Technik - 12-Oct-09 01:35 PM
Technik, the last Age release on Force Inc vinyl from Mr Heckmann is/was a driving minimal (90s definition of minimal) dark and funky that sounds both organic and mechanical. The title track drives at a pace that has filters and subtle nuances in the frequencies that make the hair on the neck rise. The B side isn't as immediate, but its insistent loops can drive your feet, with some delicious dark elements interspersed in the mix.

Age - Return To The Force - 12-Oct-09 01:28 PM
The first Age EP on Force Inc. for four years, and a nod to Star Wars in the both the title and label pic. A1 is an UR-esque killer with a superbly funky sub-bass and Moogy hooks. A2 is probably the best of the EP: with a bendy funky bassline that jumps all over, and some Clangers on acid singing along. B1 is a EBM homage beast with more Moogy moods. B2 is an Electro killer that sounds as unique as you'd expect from trope. A welcome return it was, and one that could do with being replicated.

Silent Breed - John Carpenter's The End : Assault On Precinct 13 - 15-Sep-09 04:59 AM
Take what I think is the greatest piece of music of all time, and add to it one of techno's greatest artists, and you get a high octane slab of madness. Actually, tph here has given us one of his trancier efforts (hence the Silent Breed moniker) along the tip of In Vivo or Knusperwald. However, he's retained many of the elements of the original that set my spine tingling in the first place, ensuring that the great atmospherics aren't lost. B2 eschews the trance elements altogether for a beatless machine version that's stunning - music for robots.

Bossk (2) - Limited 02 - 25-Apr-09 09:49 AM
I'm not sure when this particular Thomas Heckmann 12 was released, as it passed me by at the time, but I'd hazard a guess at between 1997 and 1999. It's certainly techno as it used to be, consisting of the old skool definition of minimalist: good solid loops. Moving along at a good pace, they sound sort of caught between one of TPH's full on sagezahn releases, and his Trope 31 release as Drax. After a few minutes of repetition, there's finally some variation at the end in the form of some nice filtering that completes a solid release that I wish I'd have picked up when it came out.

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