Description:	CD on Planet Mu
	Format:	CD
	Genre(s):	Dubstep / Bass Music
	Label:	Planet Mu
	Price:	£12.99
	Availability:	Dispatched within 2-5 days (on average).

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...according to our Phil on 16 April 2009.

Here's a new album by Boxcutter. I lose count now but is it his second proper as Boxcutter? There was that weird Barry Lynn album that came out in between. You can't count that I suppose. That's a whole different sort of thing. Well it's a while since I've reviewed a dubstep release and I'm the one in the office who doesn't like it so giving me this is like giving a vegetarian a massive steak and telling them to eat it with just their hands. There's the odd good tune though so I wouldn't write it off as a genre... just think a lot of it is boring (says he who likes ambient drone....). Well this isn't particularly boring.... there's quite a bit going on in here what with the farting and spunking noises a plenty. It's got some wobbly trademark dubstep sounds in there, some songs are quite soully... others are more tech step. It's not bad at all but it's not ground breaking. Just decent quality electronica flavoured dubstep. It's not too dubby though.... like a lot of dubstep these days it appears to have lost it's dubby element. I asked around for some input from folks and got a truckload of fuck all back so that will have to do. Arecibo Message is on CD and LP!!

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Sound clips for Arecibo Message by Boxcutter: on CD at Norman Records UK. CD, Planet Mu, ZIQ225CD , £12.99.

What their label says...

*  IDJ ALBUM OF THE MONTH WITH 10/10 REVIEW: "ANYONE WHO LIKES EVEN A SNATCH OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC NEEDS THIS ALBUM IN THEIR LIFE. HE TURNS HIS HAND TO 2-STEP AND SHAMES THE PAST MASTERS: HE TAPS INTO THE EMERGING SKWEE SOUND AND FATTENS IT UP."

*  Veteran of Planet Mu, Irish born Barry Lynn returns with his latest installment in album form, ’Arecibo Message’.

*  Since his debut single ’Brood’ was released on Hotflush in 2005, he has been making waves in the dub scene. His continued support from the likes of Mary Anne Hobbs (Radio 1) ensure a loyal following everywhere he plays.

*  The Arecibo message was beamed via frequency modulated radio waves into space at a ceremony to mark the remodeling of the Arecibo radio telescope on 16 November 1974. The album is thus a space voyage, a musical journey through the galaxy. ’Arecibo Message’ is a collection of shorter, more condensed tracks for Boxcutter. ’A Familiar Sound’ (also released on extended 12"mix through the new Kinnego records) features electronic soul duo Kinnego Flux with Brian Greene on vocals.

*  This album sees Boxcutter ditching the computer sequencing and using lots of analogue synths, delays and guitar pedals to give an organic texture to the record. ’Arecibo..’ features more guitars and bass than previous records and influences such as Hendrix as well as 2 step Garage influences such as Wideboys are clear. A real trip of an album.

*  2LP A: Sidetrak Mya Rave (album mix) B: Arecibo Message S p a c e b a s s Arcadia 202 C: Old School Astronomy Free House Acid Sidereal Day D: Lamp Post Funk Kab 28 A Cosmic Parent

*  cd 01 Sidetrak 02 Mya Rave (album mix) 03 Arecibo Message 04 S p a c e b a s s 05 Arcadia 202 06 Old School Astronomy 07 A Familiar Sound (feat. Kinnego Flux) 08 Free House Acid 09 Sidereal Day 10 Otherside Remix (Earth Is My Spaceship) 11 Lamp Post Funk 12 Kab 28 13 A Cosmic Parent