The Mover

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Albums

PCP 932 The Final Sickness — The Mover The Mover The Final Sickness (Album) Planet Core Productions PCP 932 Germany 1993 Sell This Version
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Tresor 198 Frontal Frustration — The Mover The Mover Frontal Frustration (Album) Tresor Tresor 198 Germany 2002 Sell This Version
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BOIDAE 004 Undetected Act From The Gloom Chamber — The Mover The Mover Undetected Act From The Gloom Chamber (Album) Planet Phuture (2), Planet Phuture (2) BOIDAE 004 Germany 2018 Sell This Version
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Singles & EPs

PCP 005 Frontal Sickness Part 1 — The Mover The Mover Frontal Sickness Part 1 Planet Core Productions PCP 005 Germany 1991 Sell This Version
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IS001 Planet Core Productions Special Double AA Side — The Mover Mescalinum United / The Mover Mescalinum United / The Mover - Planet Core Productions Special Double AA Side Industrial Strength Records IS001 US 1991 Sell This Version
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PCP 008 Frontal Sickness Part 2 — The Mover The Mover Frontal Sickness Part 2 Planet Core Productions PCP 008 Germany 1992 Sell This Version
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PCP 934 Waves Of Life / The Eagle Has Landed — The Mover The Mover / Alien Christ The Mover / Alien Christ - Waves Of Life / The Eagle Has Landed(12", Whi) Planet Core Productions PCP 934 Germany 1993 Sell This Version
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LOST 7 Rave The Planet — The Mover The Mover & Rave Creator The Mover & Rave Creator - Rave The Planet Cold Rush Records LOST 7 Germany 1994 Sell This Version
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DE 2025 Frequency Surfers — The Mover The Mover & Lunatic Asylum The Mover & Lunatic Asylum - Frequency Surfers Dance Ecstasy 2001 DE 2025 Germany 1995 Sell This Version
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PCP 961 Signs Of '96 — The Mover The Mover Signs Of '96 Planet Core Productions PCP 961 Germany 1996 Sell This Version
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NNR 03 Countdown Trax — The Mover The Mover Countdown Trax Narcotic Network Recordings NNR 03 Germany 1998 Sell This Version
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A2017.C01/12 Classic Hardcore Vol. 1 — The Mover Rave Creator & The Mover Rave Creator & The Mover - Classic Hardcore Vol. 1 ACA2017 Productions A2017.C01/12 Netherlands 2007 Sell This Version
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Compilations

PCP 005 & PCP 008/92 Frontal Sickness — The Mover The Mover Frontal Sickness (Comp) Planet Core Productions PCP 005 & PCP 008/92 Germany 1993 Sell This Version
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FP 007 FP 007 — The Mover The Mover FP 007(12", Comp) Forbidden Planet FP 007 US 2014 Sell This Version
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PP. 002/D Selected Classics (Remastered 2017)  — The Mover The Mover Selected Classics (Remastered 2017) (Comp) Planet Phuture (2) PP. 002/D Germany 2017 Sell This Version
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Miscellaneous

none Invisible Space — The Mover The Mover Invisible Space Resident E Recordings none Germany 2009
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none Invite The Fear 2017 — The Mover The Mover Invite The Fear 2017 Planet Phuture (2) none Germany 2017

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LowEntropy

LowEntropy

February 24, 2021
the mover is a project by acardipane, almost around since the beginning of PCP. the first outing was the the "frontal sickness" EP, followed by a second part; then we get the "final sickness" album, the signs of 96, the countdown tracks, as well as the post-PCP follow up, "frontal frustration". also various combined efforts (splits with other artists) and similiar projects. (Editor's note: we got way more The Mover output since this text was written).

the mover is highly praised and adored. among PCP fans, the mover releases are usually seen as special, or rather, the most special ones. the mover is often synonymously used with marc acardipane himself; especially the more sophisticated pcp fans usually call him just "the mover". so, the mover has engraved itself with pcp, and with acardipane.

what is so special about the mover?

stylistically, there is a continuity between tracks - this is basically is all pcp projects, but with the mover it's more visible i think. think of the changes nasty django had in sound in later releases. the mover has a common thread, a common sonic expression. the "countdown trax" on narcotic network recordings is the only release that sounds slightly different; but aswell deeply connected with the mover theme.

so what can be said about the sound?

let us look at the first frontal sickness, which, to me, sets the sound of the mover. even for pcp standard, we get a removed, dislocated sound. the elements have been reduced to a functional, beautiful simplicity. melody created on a synth, a bassdrum, percussion and a bit of FX. that's it. but i think exactly this minimal, reduced approach adds a lot to the wonderful sound of the mover. it is very unlikely the minimalism of other artists; there is, indeed, not much going on in these tracks, at first glance - yet it feels so full, so exciting. it has only the necessary elements - but these elements are the more powerful.

stylistically, the mover is hard to locate, too. this is with all of pcp; but again, even more so with the mover. it sometimes feels like a bit of a missing link between the pre-techno electronic days; the lofi "minimal synth" and EBM sound of the 80s; and the beginning of techno. but it also is reminiscent of the krautrock electronic days; and it reminds me a lot of the earliest electronic and sonic experimentation of the 1950s - or maybe even 1920s. it is out of time and creates its own style. i dare to call it even "techno". maybe electronic poems - yes, this fits.

yet the mover is also an experimental project, as can be seen in the weird electro outings and space synths of the "countdown tracks". experimental techno - at its best.

what sticks out, is that each track is seemingly focused around a single melody; and this is maybe what makes the trademark mover sound. each has a wonderful melody, at which the whole track is seemingly constructed around. again, it's simplistic - seemingly, and repetive - reduced. 4 chords, 8 tones going down and up again. but these melodies are again perfectly effective, and bizarre, enchanting - exotic. i wouldn't even dare to say in which harmonic, tuning system, or even music system, they would be part of.

to write this in words is very hard to do; listen to the tunes themselves, and you will see what i mean when i say that the melodies are a special part of the mover tracks.

one could almost say the mover is the punk rocker of cyborg techno: this is one chord, this is the second; now add the beat and percussion, and go create a mover track[1]!

to finish this text, look at what is most important; the atmosphere of the mover. again, i said it brings up feelings of abstract art experimentation of past decades; but it is also so much in the future. PCP feels so much like space, scifi and the mover is an expression of it; but at a higher dose; a "hardcore" form of it.

the atmosphere is what gives the mover tracks life, and i guess it is why the mover is so popular. a wonderful project, interesting, unique - for the future.

footnotes:

1: related to an old slogan of the 70s new york punk scene.
3345recordsVienna

3345recordsVienna

March 31, 2020
A man of underground resistance! Most of the MOVER fans know, but i like the old skool house side from MOVER, remember this:
https://www.discogs.com/Unknown-Artist-Colors-Of-Amsterdam/release/242416
AlpineElectric

AlpineElectric

April 6, 2018
The logo for the mover always reminded me of the rubber erasers you could buy to stick on the top of pencils. One of my favourite Marc Acardipane aliases, raw uncompromising techno any track will destroy dancefloors so so good

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