The third and last part in Eat This brilliant “Kaihoisa” series is a four-track 12-inch. The two previous releases were a 7-inch single and a 10-inch single and apparently all of the tracks are supposed to be interpretations of the word “Kaihoisa”. L’Usine’s “upcgriqr” was one of last year’s best tracks with nice intro and… Continue reading Various Artists, Kaihoisa pt3 [Eat This Records – ETR6C/D, 2002]
Tag: 12″
Mitchell Akiyama, Meridial [Eat This Records – ETR10, 2002]
This three track 12-inch from Eat This Records starts off with “Meridial” a fully-fledged dubbed out glitch extravaganza. It is followed by “Spiral Jetty” considerably more sinister and somewhat disturbing track. The flip side’s “Wardenclyfte” is a track that stretches for miles and it isn’t made for the ones in a hurry… down-tempo to say… Continue reading Mitchell Akiyama, Meridial [Eat This Records – ETR10, 2002]
Funckarma vs. Boom Operators, Focus [DUB Recordings – DUB 26, 2002]
Making a good hip hop track is not as easy as it may seem as this DUB release demonstrates. A good hip hop track is more than beats and lyrics, you also need a capable lyricist, however Funckarma makes the best of the situation on this 12-inch which is structured in a classical manner: original-,… Continue reading Funckarma vs. Boom Operators, Focus [DUB Recordings – DUB 26, 2002]
Vessel, Dreaming in Pairs [Expanding Records – EVA2:02, 2003]
Please refer to the review of the CD version of this album. Vinyl tracklist: a1: tracea2: apartmenta3: koozbanea4: doublea5: seta6: pointb1: tiny b2: color queenb3: balanceb4: plan
Inigo Kennedy, Digging Deeper [Cutting Pleasure – CP004, 2002]
Deep, deeper, deepest, the fourth offering from Cutting Pleasure is a three track 12″ aptly named “Digging Deeper”. It features Inigo Kennedy and make no mistake about it we’re talking about techno here. “Momentum” is classic vein techno rewired with strings floating in the background coupled with relentlessly forward moving beats and bass stabs. “Together… Continue reading Inigo Kennedy, Digging Deeper [Cutting Pleasure – CP004, 2002]
Ola Bergman, The Great Family Hotel [New Speak – NSPK001, 2002]
The first release on New Speak Records is the 12″ “The Great Family Hotel” by talented Ola Bergman. With one previous release under his belt, the acclaimed Geiom split 05/06 12″ on Smak his latest released work shows great maturity. There’re blissful melodies and straightforward drum programming throughout the six track EP. Noticeable are the… Continue reading Ola Bergman, The Great Family Hotel [New Speak – NSPK001, 2002]
Various Artists, Multicast Presents Further Obliq Perspectives [K2o – K2O14, 2002]
A lovely, lovely opening track on this eight track 12″ by Multicast et al released on k2o and it is Multicast doing the honors with “Spitfire”. Starting of with a lonely acoustic guitar and a beautiful build-up adding choirs and basslines creating one of this year’s most beautiful pieces of music. Crix Madine treats us… Continue reading Various Artists, Multicast Presents Further Obliq Perspectives [K2o – K2O14, 2002]
Various Artists, MD2 [Merck – MD2, 2002]
Five tracks by as many artists on Merck originally released on n5MD as a part of the MD2 compilation. Featured artists are: Proem, L’usine ICL, Jvox, Tim Koch and Spark “Laid back off” by Proem features his cut-up treatment and some interesting choices in sounds, creating a dubby feeling to this track and beats are… Continue reading Various Artists, MD2 [Merck – MD2, 2002]
Proem, 2 = 1 [Merck – PM, 2002]
2 = 1 features six tracks by Proem and is released on Merck. Two of the songs are taken form his full-length albums “Negative”, two other are taken from his n5md release “Among Others” and two are new. “Binary+bored” is besides being cleverly named a beatless intro and a track with haunting sounds and plenty… Continue reading Proem, 2 = 1 [Merck – PM, 2002]
Quench, EP [Aim Records – AIM07, 2001]
What, another Quench release from they year 2001? Yes, it’s true these two men seem pretty unstoppable! The Funcken brothers got me cornered and there just isn’t anyone outthere coming close to them, when it comes to putting crunchy beats together with mind altering melodies, melancholy and sheer beauty. This particular Aim release isn’t an… Continue reading Quench, EP [Aim Records – AIM07, 2001]