Disco Lunchbox :: Reviews on Ghostly, Spectral + Orac

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  • [a]pendics shuffle :: Helicopter Hearts (Orac, CD)

    1157 image 1 From the collection of the many eclectronic guises of Kenneth James
    Gibson (including Eight Frozen Modules) comes what I feel is his best
    yet: [a]pendics shuffle. Armed with a deadly debut album on Orac,
    Gibson wants you to know that his influences not only dwell in the
    subconscious hard drives of modern-day minimalists, but also in the dusty
    circuit-boards of good old-fashioned Detroit house fanatics. This is
    skewed, skittery ghetto-tech at its best. Juicy loops of thick bass and
    rubbery samples over insistently funky beats run rampant throughout
    Helicopter Hearts‘ appetizing 8 tracks. There’s plenty of room for an
    excellent listening experience on the virtual dancefloor here; the
    subtle change-ups in “Garbanzo Love,” the gutter-funk of “Dirty Hood,”
    the dementedly darkened pop sensibility of “Saw Saw Soup (Miso Mix)” and
    the all out rump shaking grooves of “My Helicopter Heart” and “Cemento”
    are what get my ankles popping in 4/4 time. I definitely recommend
    Helicopter Hearts to anyone who gets misty-eyed whenever a sentimental
    DJ decides to sneak in some classics during his (or her) free-before 10
    PM set; or, at the very least, finicky tech heads in need of some meaty
    beats fresh from their local record shop.

    Helicopter Hearts is out now on Orac.

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  • Lusine :: Inside/Out EP (Ghostly, 12″)

    1157 image 2 Just when you caught yourself wondering how Jeff McIlwain could possibly follow up Serial Hodgepodge with anything but genius, he does it
    effortlessly with the Inside/Out EP in no less than 4 tracks of
    beautifully crafted minimalist techno each lightly scented with Lusine’s
    signature notes of deep electronics and lush production. Choruses of
    cut-up vocoders humming their favorite android prose over bouncy and
    concise beats dominate this landscape for the most part, while spacious
    grooves delicately warming the bass hardpan complete the
    multi-dimensional sonic puzzle. From the title track through the closing
    “These Things,” Inside/Out makes its claim as one of Ghostly’s top 12″s
    of 2005 thus far.

    Inside/Out is out now on Ghostly.

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  • Audion :: Just Fucking (Spectral Sound, 12″)

    1157 image 3 Billed as the 3rd chapter in Matthew Dear’s Audion 12″ series, the
    uncensored title pretty much sums it all: nasty synth rolls with harsh
    snares and high hats pushing the VU meters to the red all guaranteed to
    keep your Trackmasters violently vibrating and have the dancefloor
    reduced to slivers before you can say “what’s on the flip side?” That
    would be Roman Flugel’s “23 Positions in a One-Night Stand” mix, which,
    if you ask me should be awarded “remix name of the year” by somebody out
    there who knows a good remix just by looking at it. Imagine Giorgio
    Moroder knocking back half a bottle of Robitussin with a No-Doz chaser
    in front of a sequencer and you start to get the picture.

    Just Fucking is out now on Spectral Sound.

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  • Peter Grummich :: The Roll (Spectral Sound, 12″)

    1157 image 4 Listening to the promo CD with Peter Grummich’s The Roll on it reminds
    me of that word of caution in the liner notes of Autechre’s Tri Repetae (Warp): Incomplete
    without surface noise
    . This is music meant to be listened to on vinyl,
    as evidenced by the nature of how these four masterfully crafted tracks
    nudge your ears closer to the point where you’re nearly teetering on the
    edge of complete immersion in the heavy synths and snappy percussion.
    “The Roll Pt 1” and “The Roll Pt. 2” explore both angles of this
    experience, while “This One Jacks” blends the two to eventually lead
    into “She’s Nasty.” I’d be lying if I said this record wouldn’t be my
    secret weapon to keep the weary after-2 AM crowd on their toes after
    pulling all the stops to keep them lively.

    The Roll is out now on Spectral Sound.

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    Essential Links ::

  • [a]pendics shuffle
  • Orac
  • Lusine
  • Ghostly International
  • Audion
  • Spectral Sound
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