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- Date Released: March 8, 2005
- Genre: Electronic
- Label: Soma / PIAS Digital
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On the merits of his drum programming alone, Glasgow-based techno producer Alex Smoke makes excellent techno for both listening and moving. His light and wiggly drum patterns are matched up against bubbling bloops and melodic bleeps -- and this is the sort of stuff that has driven listeners into the arms of classic Detroit techno composers like Carl Craig and new-school minimal romantics like Ricardo Villalobos. But what really sets this debut apart is the profound melancholy Smoke adds to the mix, whether through a mournful string line ("Lost in Sound") or a distant echoing robot whisper ("No Consequences"). "Don't See the Point" takes an elliptical buzzing and slowly evolves it to a multi-note melody counterpointed against more distant vocals and curling synth notes, while "Brian's Lung" bridges the gap between playful rave stabs and the jumping microhouse clip-clop familiar to fans of Akufen and the like. This sort of pan-generational rave technique (hard to believe there are now multiple techno generations) is equally evident in the tranced-out synths and galloping beat of "Chica Wappa [Mejor Edit]." At any given point sounding like the best in classic European electronica and contemporary minimalism, Alex Smoke has made an album difficult to date, and equally difficult to turn off.
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| 01. |
Intro |
0:32 |
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| 02. |  |
6am |
6:06 |
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| 03. | |
Lost in Sound |
5:28 |
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| 04. | |
No Consequence |
6:26 |
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| 05. | |
Coda and Clang |
3:26 |
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| 06. | |
Don't See The Point |
5:20 |
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| 07. | |
Jah Future |
6:26 |
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| 08. | |
ok |
6:45 |
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| 09. | |
Chica Wappa ((mejor edit)) |
7:05 |
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| 10. | |
Nuance |
2:51 |
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| 11. | |
Ditto |
3:42 |
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| 12. | |
Brian's Lung |
5:07 |
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| 13. | |
Passing Through |
4:29 |
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| 14. | |
Recess |
3:54 |
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14 Total Tracks, 67:37 Total Length
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