Author: Photek

Format: Import

Release Date: 18-09-2000

Details: Product description PHOTEK Solaris (2000 UK 11-track CD album including Glamourama featuring vocals performed by Marie-Jose Jongerius taken from the film Vedette picture sleeve) Amazon.ca It may come as a shock to the purists, but after two albums of pushing abstruse drum & bass to minimalist and epic extremes, the East Anglian producer has thrown a heap of new sounds onto his percussive palate. To some, Solaris is going to sound like a chicken in search of a roost: both "Can't Come Down" and "Mine To Give" are pure 1988 old-school Chicago house. The latter even features that era's legendary vocalist, Robert Owens. "Terminus" and "Junk" pay loose homage to the nu-school breakz template, while "Halogen" and "Lost Blue Heaven" are beautifully poised, damaged electronic torch songs. There's even some drifting ambience too. But what's missing in terms of coherence is more than made up for by the visceral power of Photek's production. Intense, stripped back and wielding more brute force than Leftfield's "Swords", there's a menacing beauty at work here that reinforces Photek's reputation for tingling sonic sculpturing on a grand scale. -- Calvin Bush

UPC: 724384983123

EAN: 0724384983123

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood