Various Artists - Remixes

Ah, the mysterious Various Artists, who I posted a Chain Reaction EP up by a couple of months ago. That EP was entitled '1-7'. This is a set of remixes of the follow-up (which I've not got the original mixes of for some reason). This one featured 8, 8.5 and 9. What a joker, eh?

The remixes are suitably far-out, by Autechre, Funkstörung (who I'll need to put up some stuff by), Pole, and Monolake (likewise). Can't really describe what it sounds like, but expect various spacey beats, minimal noises, waves and waves of 'quiet noise' and a beatless number at the end.

This one goes out for Tony fae Fife, the man who gave us the Psychick Warriors demo tape below...



Various Artists - Remixes
A1 - 8 (Ae Mix)
A2 - 9 (:Funkstörung. Mix)
B1 - 9 (Pole Mix)
B2 - Modulo 8.5

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Various Artists - 1-7

Check this fuckin joker - calling himself 'Various Artists' - aye that's a nice easy one to store/google/find. Turns out he's also the Traktor dude I posted a while back. Known to his mum as Torsten Pröfrock, he's done other stuff on Chain Reaction as Erosion and Resilient which I'll stick up at some point.

Minimal as hell, this is one for the Basic Channel hardcore, not too much on the 'melody' front here. I fuckin love it, but it's definitely an acquired taste.

Before doing this blog I had no idea I'd bought so many Basic Channel / Chain Reaction records. Turns out I've got hunners of the bastards...



Various Artists - 1-7
A1 - 1
A2 - 2
A3 - 3
B1 - 4
B2 - 5
B3 - 6
B4 - 7

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Traktor - Traktor

Don't know too much about this record, but it's a bit fucking dark. Lots of muffled percussive noises, hard abrasive beats and some hi-pitched squealing noises. Discogs' recommendations for this release are Basic Channel and Jeff Mills so that should give you an idea of what it's all about.

It's the kind of record that if you played it to someone who wasn't into electronic music they'd think you'd gone mental. Definitely a 'time and a place' record. Dunno if that's a Monday teatime but there you go...



Traktor - Traktor
A1 - Master Traktor
A2 - Various Traktor
B1 - Traktor Mood
B2 - Traktor Artists

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