(313) Re: kit clayton :: moles * avocadoes :: [background]

From Lance
Sent Sat, Feb 26th 2000, 04:21

At 09:24 PM 2/25/2000 -0500, you wrote:

>Just received this one today, and i'm glad to
>see Kit flexing his minimal-techno muscles.
>As the record clearly states, this is `clean,
>hypnotic minimalism`. "wshape revisited"
>treads the ambient waters ever so peacefully
>until a slow yet emerging beat begins to fill
>the rest of the atmospherics. On the flip side,
>"pattern matching" and "[?i}buffalo" both steer
>into a digestible platter of clean 4/4 beats,
>while an abundance of soothing high-hats flirt
>with your ears. This is a nice record, but not
>as dub-infested as his 'Nek Sanalet" full-length
>on ~scape..
>
>Does anyone have contact info on Background
>Records? I seem to have missed the boat on 
>this (German?) based record label. Is this already
>their 6th release??


Background is an excellent label for those into tweaked-
out techno with a nice experimental edge. I have all their 
releases so far. I think the Submania vs Ekmoah: low
voltage double or the Todd Sines null eps are my 
favorites. The Low Voltage double sounds like some
of the better gez varley/g-man stuff and sine's null
ep has a cool dbx sound to it. The Kit Clayton 12", 
which came out in December if I'm not mistaken, is 
pretty good but not my favorite release on the label
or from Clayton. This one has much less of a dub
sound with more emphasis on driving percussive
structures similar to the output on his own Delay
label. Here is a Background label discography...

. Futuristic Experiments - Ch.1 comp 12" (Background 01)
. Todd Sines: Null 12" (Background 02)
. Stewart S Walker: North 12" (Background 03)
. Submania vs. Ekmoah: Zylacanth 12" (Background 04)
. Submania vs. Ekmoah: Low Voltage 2x12" (Background 05)
. Kit Clayton: Moles & Avacadoes 12" (Background 06)

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