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Remko Scha - Machine Guitars - 02-Apr-09 09:08 PM
The premise of setting up machines to play guitars sounds much like stripping music from emotion. So be it. Remko Scha's Machine Guitars liberates sound from emotions that otherwise would obscure purity. Hypnotic rhythms, intricate tunings and the phasing in and out of harmonics over time must have been the result of painstaking experimentation with materials and set-ups. Each track on this disk is a feast of aural complexity and would warrant a full length release on its own. Mr. Scha, any hour long recordings kicking around for release, please?

That Kid Chris - Keep On (Pressin' On) - 04-Jan-08 07:22 PM
Great finger snapping, laid back, melodic groove (+/- 122 bpm) in 5 not too different versions with organ/synth/guitar/vocal patterns that will stay with you for the rest of your life. Perfect balance between groove, melody, composition and dj friendliness. Heard this one for the first time while driving home, early morning after an all-nighter in 92 and was wide awake after that. The tape it was on became a classic and this song was the one the whole tape was working up to, giving that Balu-the-Bear feeling, where you can`t stand it any longer and you have to groove with it.

Riuichi Sakamoto* - B-2 Unit - 21-Sep-07 03:50 PM
Masterpiece, from beginning to end. Produced like a pop album, the music is bursting with originality and sensuality. Sakamoto is in total control of composition, tone colour and mix, without sacrificing anything to spontaneity. Most early eighties electronic pop music will bore the shit out of anybody listening to it now, but that won't be the case with B-2 Unit soon. Lots of non-harmonic content and obscured time signatures still effortlessly in balance with harmony and structure.
The pieces range from an almost-poppy ballad to idm-ish to abstract poly-rhythmic breaks, adding up to a greater whole, that is this album.

Assadin - Waterworld E.P. - 10-Aug-07 09:15 AM
Creative Techno at its best. No floor stompers here but very imaginative build ups, breakdowns, twists and turns, without loosing control of the dance flow. The only problem might be the tempo. At 33rpm and -8, these tracks are still some 128bpm!

Miramar - Test Tunes - 07-Jul-07 12:59 PM
And test tunes they are indeed. Side A will test the listener for his or her patience and sounds like they were made by accident: the hyper beats don't seem to match the tunes and vice versa. Fast forward to side B. Pydmakexhi is already a different story and is probably a prime example of IDM. The beats are much sparser and the tunes less restricting, while still making sense in an odd but pleasant way. But the real gem here is Print. Probably conceived after all the hard work for the past 3 tracks was finished and everybody could relax. Starting with loose bleebs, then adding unpredictable organ riffs and and at the right moment a solid but minimal beat. The result is totally unique, psychedelic and awesome. This last track justifies and makes up for all the other test tunes.

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