(amb) Instrumental 'Acoustek'

From Paddy Grove
Sent Mon, Sep 6th 1999, 11:03

I bought this disc at the weekend and I'm really enjoying it. Their set at
the Big Chill Enchanted Garden was excellent, and sitting in the garden
yesterday with this disc on the Walkbeast brought it all back.

Instrumental are a string sextet (with occasional flute) who do versions of
techno/ambient classics. They manage to do this in a non-cheesy way (unlike
what I've heard of the Acid Brass that came out a couple of years back), so
you end up with some quite haunting tracks with familiar melodies and a
chamber music feel. If you've heard their verion of Oxbow Lakes on the Orb
single, you'll have a good idea of the sound. I'm also reminded of the
Philip Glass orchestrated version of Aphex's Icct Hedral. All in all, a very
satisfying release.

Tracks on the album include Forever (Orbital), Little Fluffy Clouds (Orb,
also featured on the upcoming Big Chill comp), Smokebelch (Sabres of
Paradise) and Consume (Plastikman). It's on the Big Chill label, cat no
FACTOR 1.

        Paddy