It all sounds somehow out of time yet timeless, at a remove from Now.
Spotted on the horizon a debut LP from Shinichi Atobe, a shadowy entity known only for Ship-Scope (2001), a cult Chain Reaction 12” (long-time going for an arm and a leg on discogs), whose “The Red Line” should surely have made it to John Twells‘ near-unimpeachable 25 Best Dub Techno Tracks of All Time (FACT mag). Since then neither hide nor hair being heard of Atobe, speculation grew it was just a Basic Channel AKA. The Demdike Stare lads’ long-time love of that 12” eventually led their sleuthing mission to Japan, whence an album’s worth of archival and new material has been compiled for release on their own DDS imprint. ‘A weird and brilliant album,’ boomkat froths over Butterfly Effect, going on to detail ‘…a slow-churn opener that sounds like a syruppy Actress track, before working through a brilliantly sharp and tactile 9 minute Piano House roller that sounds like DJ Sprinkles at his most bittersweet, before diving headlong into a heady, Vainqueur inspired droneworld.’ Elsewhere reference is made to ‘a combination of the dub and hissy noise floor of Basic Channel and the glitch and J-pop tones of Aoki Takamasa.’ (Juno Plus). It all sounds somehow out of time yet timeless, at a remove from Now. With no sign of a soundcloud yet, we make do meanwhile with boomkat clips… and a soundcloud of a blast from the past…
Butterfly Effect is available on DDS.
