Each track busts through extraterrestrial rhythms, subtle melodic strands, brisk acid notes, and low-end to rattle any bass bins.
Jagged dark electro crevasses, breaks, and heavy bass
ADJ (aka Andy Jaggers of Pyramid Transmissions) digs deep into the far recesses of his machinery and explores hidden, dusty, jagged dark electro crevasses, breaks, and heavy bass grooves with Selected Transmissions From The Pyramid.
Each track busts through extraterrestrial rhythms, subtle melodic strands, brisk acid notes, and low-end to rattle any bass bins. The selections for this double slab of wax were culled from vinyl favorites as a highlight compilation featuring ADJ’s vast back-catalog. These eight tracks feature extruded darkness (ref. “Realignment” as a prime example) and ADJ simply doesn’t hold back. Almost every track breaks the 6-minute mark with enough wiggle room to expand and contract themes from lost space soundtracks. The rugged and robotic beats ‘n bass continue to unfold throughout. Take “Monday Night Blues”—its punchy percussion and low to the floor wobbling keeps the pace moving forward as the gritty Detroit-infused synth-electro of “Welcome to the Future 2012” simply hasn’t aged at all. With nuanced and ever so carefully crafted traces of Phoenecia-styled IDM-electro, “Sub Aquatic Dialogue” closes this compilation with exquisite accuracy—the juggling, almost acrobatic rhythm of this track alone reels you into its drifting sphere of complexity.
Selected Transmissions From The Pyramid offers just the right sonic snapshot of an imprint that continues to push itself (and the electro genre) through uncharted dimensions. Thanks to Ben Boe (Boe Recordings) who selected and compiled this release, and For Those That Knoe—these timeless electro capsules are a benchmark very few are able to achieve.
Selected Transmissions From The Pyramid is available on For Those That Knoe on August 21, 2020. [Juno]
