#ambient techno

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[CD: SRCS 7349 | JP, 1994]

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[389]

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Tracklist:

Traffic • Last I Heard (...He Was Circling The Drain) • Twist • Dawn Chorus • I Am A Very Rude Person • Not The News • The Axe • Impossible Knots • Runwayaway

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Boards Of Canada’s Twoism

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Today's compilation:

Likethemes 1995 IDM / Ambient Techno

Dang, man, those fellas at Warp Records really unlocked something special in the early 90s when they and their peers figured out how fucking good it sounded when you took Eno-esque ambient synth textures and paired them with IDM and techno rhythms 🤩. This mid-90s 12-inch here called Likethemes wasn't a Warp release itself, but the small Likemind collective and label that released it still counted some of those Warpers among their very own ranks, like the duo of B12, who appear here as Redcell, and Andy Turner from Black Dog Productions and Plaid, who operates on this release as Tura.

And I know I've made reference to it before, but if you're familiar with the artwork from Warp's own landmark Artificial Intelligence comp—the 1992 album that was responsible for popularizing this whole IDM and ambient/listening techno phenomenon in the first place—this record falls along those same lines; basically, you're gonna be feeling like that totally blissed-out android in the armchair when you put this record on 😌.

I struggle mightily to pick a favorite among this excellent quartet of tunes, though, so the best thing I can say about it is that if you love the earlier days of Warp, before they started signing so many fucking indie bands 😅, there's no way you won't dig the shit out of this Likemind release too. Half an hour of deeply satisfying mid-90s IDM and ambient techno chill, with lush synth backdrops constructed to hit your feels and a cavalcade of rhythms and melodies to get your synapses firing. There's a tendency for the formula that's put on display here to be highly effective, and with this release, specifically, it happens to be enacted at a very elite level. Makes sense then why the average rating on Discogs for this one is so astronomically high at a 4.82/5, because this thing really is damn near spotless 👍.

Highlights:

Redcell - "The Silicon Garden" Stasis - "Monolife (Rebuild)" Tura - "Reishi" Nuron - "Minutes"

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today's purple album of the day is: 5 by Slowdive!

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New Record: Aubade (Autumn) / North Wales Expressway to Yr. Skull (Version)

It’s late October, the hour before dawn; numbed by vodka, I stare out at the black landscape, which is empty but for the three red vertical lights of the distant transmitting tower, above it, Sirius, the Dog Star, sits lonely in her vacuum. The room’s growing cold, so I pull the window closed.

In the bathroom, I splash my face with cold water, brush my teeth, and stare at the fragmented reflection in the mirror. Back in the kitchen, I pour another vodka from the freezer. And while the alcohol glows inside me, I look out again at the night then move silently to the bedroom and climb into bed without undressing.

The light is beginning to creep in by the time I fall asleep.

Download via Bandcamp: Aubade (Autumn)

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#NowPlaying: "Give Me This" by Wilfried VILCOQ

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ISABEL'S DREAM // TELESTO [MONOMARA EP, 2000]

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Tracklist:

Balloony • Jesus On Channel Four • Toys (Use It) • Everybody Dance • James Brown Is Dead • I'm Raving • L.A. Style Theme • Twilight Zone • American Dream • It's Your Life, Baby

Submitter's Note: The song James Brown Is Dead was such a major hit, that it kicked off a trend/"meme" of producers using similar naming conventions for songs of a similar style. These include James Brown Is Still Alive by Holy Noise, James Brown Is Dead Or Alive?! by J.Y. Factory, Who The Hell Is James Brown? by Big Boss, and so on and so forth. Sometimes, other celebrities like Michael Jackson or Elvis Presley were substituted into the role as the trend evolved and took on a form of its own.

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