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Recommended by us on 29th January 2009
...according to our Brett on Thu 29 Jan, 2009.
The Harmonic 313 LP is here. Exciting times, gang! For those that haven't been following the two stellar EPs Mark Pritchard's put out under this name before you can expect a big bassy melting pot of dubstep, hip-hop, electro and techno. As well as the obvious Detroit reference points for an electronica artist (Drexciya, Juan Atkins, blah blah blah) maybe the biggest tribute being paid here is to J Dilla, whose beats are heavily resembled. That sentence looks funny but I think it's OK. I won't go into too much detail as we've covered the EPs pretty well before, and on first listen the tracks that hit the hardest are those released previously (although familiarity can usually be blamed for that), but this is going down a treat in my brain. There is a new ingredient at work here, or at least one that's been brought far more to the fore, in the fashionable Cold War sci-fi paranoia feel that trickles down from the overly wordy album title to the Advisory Circle-esque hauntological (sorry) samples that pop up from time to time.. Just another layer of richness to add to an LP of quality tunes. At first we were a little unsure about how necessary this album was but after a little more time I think it's another consistently excellent release from a bit of a master. When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence is out on CD and LP (with free CD) on Warp.· One of the most exciting producers working today Mark
Pritchard has always been ahead of the curve making
pioneering music since 1990. Appearing here under his
Harmonic 313 guise Mark has also worked as Link,
Troubleman, NY Connection, William Parrott, Roberto
Edwardo Turner, Global Communication, Jedi Knights,
Harmonic 33, Use Of Weapons, Series 7, Shaft, Vertigo,
The 28 East Boyz, Chaos & Julia Set, Mystic Institute
and Pulusha.
· ‘When Machines Exceed Human intelligence’ combines
Detroit influenced techno and elements of UK bassline
music with a more 80s electronic palette. Included are
tracks featuring Phat Kat, Elzhi and Steve Spacek. The
‘producer’s producer’, Mark is renowned amongst artists old
and new like Madlib and Flying Lotus.
· The vinyl version of the album comes with the CD
version included free.
CD - WARPCD175
Dirtbox * Cyclotron * No Way Out * Music Substitute System * Köln * Galag-a *
Word Problems * Battlestar ft Phat Kat & Elzhi * Cyclotron C64 Sid * Call To Arms * Flaash *
Don't Panic * Falling Away ft Steve Spacek * When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence *
Quadrant 3
2LP + CD - WARPLP175
When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence * Cyclotron * No Way Out *
Battlestar ft Phat Kat & Elzhi * Music Substitute System * Köln * Galag-a * Flaash *
Don't Panic * Cyclotron C64 Sid * Falling Away ft Steve Spacek * Quadrant 3
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