MRI – Rhythmogenesis

I have to repeat myself. Great music but loveless and poor quality vinyl edition. Unfortunately, the beginning of the 2000s was not yet a vinyl revival time as we know it today

Only the scoundrel review here, but really, this is one of the most important LPs in the short Force Tracks history, and one of their defining moments. A beautiful expansive work of dub techno, which at the time generated discourse about "is this for the living room or for the dance floor" because it was basically aiming for both, for beauty, subtlety and funky at the same time. The drops work, the incredible "To Be Honest" reigns, Rythmogenesis rules.

A pity how their post Force Tracks career seemed to narrow them down to super compressed minimal stuff.

RHYTHMOGENESIS features deep and dubby tech-house from MRI, a German (of course) duo. The Basic Channel influence on this release is undeniable, but so is the groove. Something about those long, drawn out tones on “To Be Honest” is ear-catching, and the robotic number-calling on “Nummern” give it an interesting texture. It’s all very smooth, very soothing, and if anything, that might be a drawback in the end. Perhaps it flows by a little too easily. That said, however, it’s a pleasing album in many ways (the darkness on “Kompression” or the warmth groove of “Out of the Daily Routine”)—that there’s no reason to overlook it.