Description:	CD on Make Mine Music CHEAP
	Format:	CD
	Genre(s):	Electronica / IDM
	Label:	Make Mine Music
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...according to our Brian on 14 February 2008.

Millimetrik is some chap from Below the Sea & Glider, two post rock acts who have graced my earlobes on occasion, BTS stunning me stupid with one particular CD years ago. His latest release under this alias comes at me with warm tidings. It's one of those albums that just melts your spine. graceful & melodic, dripping with atmosphere & gliding synths, wholesome beats & a freshness that takes this post BOC/Ulrich Schnauss genre into a new realm. A few years ago, every fucker was attempting to make summery IDM with chunky neo hip hop breaks but the scene was saturated with dull as dishwater chancers & a "will this do?" mentality which had me sharpening my knives. The only relief came from far flung Israel & Russia. Even Schnausser went so Holiday '98 I wanted to stab him!. This CD, 'Northwest Passage's New Era' is a welcome shot in the arm. An accessible yet inventive journey. Heartily recommended.

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What their label says...

Pascal Asselin is a founder member of French Canadian dreampop outfit Below the Sea and half of Anglo-Canadian duo Glider.  Pascal began recording under the name Millimetrik in 2003, uniting his love of atmospheric ambient (Biosphere, Murcof) with hip hop rhythms and breaks.  With his background as a drummer, Millimetrik’s earlier albums “Variety is the Spice of Life” and “Deeper Transmissions” and “The Last Polar Bear on Earth” (all Statik Rek) featured intricately programmed beats with the music creating an otherworldly and often unsettling and chilly backdrop.

Over the course of recent releases, such as “Cities EP” and “I Am You Are Me; Remixes and Unreleased” (both Make Mine Music), the atmospheres have slowly thawed and melody has come increasingly to the fore.  On the new album “Northwest Passage’s New Era”, Pascal has ventured even further down this path and the music has a sense of emerging from darkness into the light.  The intricately programmed beats are still present, but the emphasis is firmly on melody and structure, and the sound is rooted in hip hop rather than ambient music.  Featuring guest appearances by Ulrich Schnauss and Port-Royal amongst others, the album also sees the first vocals on a Millimetrik release courtesy of Sean Heenan of Auburn Lull and Marie Jorge, whose beautiful vocals grace the album’s final track.

With this new album, Millimetrik has exceeded the already very high standards of previous releases.  “Northwest Passage’s New Era” is a consistently enjoyable, engaging and varied listen that Make Mine Music is proud to release.