In Sync – Storm

Rest In Peace Lee Purkis (In Sync). You’ve brought upon one of the most legendary techno songs ever to date. Thank you. Legends will always be in our hearts forever.

***GENUINE TREASURE ALERT***

Great that these had a second run in the 00's, but why would anyone want a re-master of this? And at these prices?

The original is one of those accidental 'muses', something you may try hard as you like to get close to in sound & texture when having your own productions in mind. Lee Purkis' own account of a faulty sequencer, sub par kit & recording way to low resulting in pulling 'air' at the mastering stage (lending to that sandstorm atmos) set's up perfectly the story behind this accidental sound renegade, one of techno's GREATEST compositions (& that is saying something...)

"IT'S IN SYNC! NOISE IS FOR HEROES MUSIC IS FOR ZEROS!"

Ill keep mine as flawed as possible, 1st press all the way, cheers...

Storm is one my favorites tracks since a long time!

'Storm' has that mystical plus, what I search in every track. 10/10.

This is one of my gems!

The following comment comes from Lee In Sync himself, on the music released on "Storm":

"There are only 4 instruments in the track - all Roland, 2 SH-101s, 1 TR-808 and 1 TR-909. There was no hardware sequencer either. Everything was synched using the drum machine triggers. The notes were recorded on the SH-101 onboard sequencers, so the tune was very limited. Also, one of the SH-101s was not working properly. I could not record the same note twice in the sequencer for some reason. You can't really set up a more basic studio than I used for that track. The track was a production nightmare in reality. I am surprised it ever made it to vinyl. There is tape noise on the recording where the cassette deck level was way too low. But....it does sound like rain. It all went wrong but ended up right it seems".

A seminal piece of UK techno/electronica and proof that less is so much more. This is the kind of track that is as good to listen to as it is to dance to and all this from a cassette recorded master.

One the finest tracks techno tracks you are likely to hear (imho). It builds, breaks down and returns...Fantastic production. Get's me *every* time. Cheers In-Sync & Irdial.