Hello.
Blimey, Monolake's "Polaroid/Polaroid(++rmx)" is a bit tasty, isn't
it? I've always been a fan of Henke's stuff, but I was expecting yet
another wishy-washy ambient techno dub affair. So I stuck this on the
turntable and was pleasantly described by the harsher, faster,
clankier and thumpier sound. Especially on the remix, which starts off
sounding like something from Tri Repetae playing at 45 rpm, then turns
into something from Chiastic Slide towards the end as it slowly gets
DSPed to fuckery.
Yay Monolake! Oh, and the "Cinemascope" album ain't bad either.
Basically a continuation of "Gravity". No real surprises, just your
usual classy, chilled out Monolake stuff.
Defocus's recent releases have been pretty cool too -- Esem's "Ikae"
EP and Tim Koch's "Shorts in Alaska" LP. The former sounds like a
cleaner CiM, with perhaps a few Bola-esque touches, whilst the latter
will put a smile on the faces of C64/SID chip fans -- and should keep
a fair few Plaid fans happy too.
--
Mark Stevens
http://www.insertdisc.com/
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