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Glitterbug
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Description: | 2LP on C-Sides |
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| Format: | Double LP (vinyl) | |
| Genre(s): | Techno | |
| Label: | C-Sides Records | |
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£14.69
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| Availability: | Dispatched within 2-5 days (on average). |
...according to our Ant on 18 June 2010.
Gosh this is super nice deep, emotionally driven techno. It's very soulful, warm and inviting and really has me shaking along to the infectious smoky grooves. Certainly folks enjoying Pantha Du Prince will be seduced by 'Swirl'. A hypnotic late night brain hugger. Mr C once used the term "pretty techno" to describe Carl Craig's music and I think those words can be applied here. The way the tracks flow and new elements are introduced is great. Even some strange sort of field recording sound and stuff but things never veer from the accessible. Plus the production really is pristine, every sound tweaked and polished with immense attention to detail. I'm very much reminded of classic Artificial Intelligence era headphone techno in terms of how the music takes one on a journey and just invites all sorts of visual imagery into your mind. I liked the last album he did a lot, this is his second and after hearing it I will say that Till Rohmann is a real dark horse and I would hope an artist that gets some recognition for his productions. I'd say followers of everyone from The Black Dog/ART through to early Warp, R&S and deeper Detroit and Cologne styles should really check this out. With 20 tracks in all on the 2CD set, I'd go as far as saying grab the CD over the vinyl. But of course if you like to spin records then the vinyl has plenty of highlights too.
* Regarded in some circles as Germany’s best kep techno secrt”, Glitte tears down the cold concrete walls of the old minimal order with a warm, cinematic and genre bending style all his own.
* 'Privilege' is an emotional and passionate production, and Glitterbug's sensitivity to sounds keeps unraveling and revealing a unique language that spans between abstract composition, ambient, pop music, and the one ingredient that binds it all: Techno.
* 'Privilege' was produced partly in Glitterbug's Cologne recording studio and partly “on the road” during his international performance tours in 2009 between the Arctic Circle, southern India, Israel, Europe and China.
* Fragments of field recordings he took in these places appear in many of the tracks, some are apparent, others very subtle. Despite its epic playtime, 'Privilege' never feels lengthy, perhaps because of its inverted genuine celebration of the sole opportunities of its own existence.
* Accompanying the 2CD release, is a stunning booklet by internationally acclaimed Israeli visual artist and photographer, Ronni Shendar.
- CD1: 01 Lionheart 05:36 02 Swirl 08:47 03 Blue Rifts 06:27 04 Wide & Near 06:11 05 Calcutta 06:51 06 After All 08:24 07 Blast 08:34 08 Confront 06:46 09 Pink Sparks (Cave Edit) 08:25 10 Vertical Extent 04:25
- CD2: 11 Waves 06:43 12 Float 07:36 13 Cornered 08:30 14 Slurred Thinking 07:11 15 Shake And Tumble 08:43 16 Parted 07:03 17 So Could We 04:09 18 Transitions 05:42 19 Over Water (Dub Edit) 08:12 20 Walk Me 05:59
