Serious Porn Collector

[RAH]

Artist: Serious Porn Collector

 

Album: User

 

Label: Last Possible Solution

 

Year: 2005

 

Format: CD

 

Country: U.K.

 

 

Songs:

01. Slow (136 BPM's)

02. Splinter (137 BPM's) *

03. Residual Circuits (137 BPM's)

04. A Sign of Decay (138 BPM's) *

05. Stiffy (136 BPM's)

06. Ashamand (SPC vs DJ Bendler) (136 BPM's) *

07. U Wat (138 BPM's)

08. Electrical Redistributer (139 BPM's) *

09. Urgh (SPC v Tenzing) (138 BPM's)

10. Processing Numbers (134 BPM's)

 

Why I like it:

If you were wondering where good minimal went hiding, you need to look no further. Lek Black is back from the recent N.R.S affair, changing the style a few degrees from his numerous appearances on Symptoms of compliance. For starters the beat per minute count slowed down a bit, you can feel it in the reappearing kick. The mysterious aspects are still present and the scant mellodies remind of any half-coherent Richard D. James album immersed in heavy delays. The end result is a mission through minimal with eerie undertones, progressive moments, tribal teases and speck of groove. Closing the book awaits a strange down tempo fusion, with all the tall-tale signs of Black, exploring dubby basses and hip beats.

 

Why you might like it:

The kicks might not be very varied throughout, but the echoing congas and tambourines with numerous rhythmic artifacts complement the production well. A bit more musically inspired (and thats no insuation of sweet-tooth) than his earlier work, an interesting side of Black seems to develop. The outcome is reserved, retaining that mechanical vibe Last possible solution has been releasing lately.

 

 

My highlights :

 

02. Splinter

A strong beat with generous use of bass in chain-saw mode, quirky synth lines, a tea-spoon of funk with the mysterious aura that seems to surround anything Lek is producing. Stuck in the middle, a slice of heaven visible only when the dark clouds dissipate (around minute 2:30).

 

 

 

04. A Sign of Decay

Using a very layered approach to the composition with a myriad number of sublevels to get the message across. Screams heavily delayed, squelchy effects, droid-like harmonics and a standard bass line.

 

 

06. Ashamand (SPC vs DJ Bendler)

A much welcomed organic drumming accompaniment, alongside subtle "ohh" samples with a new assortment of drone outputs turning liquid. The production feels more rounded and when Black gets a bit of help it shows through.

 

 

08. Electrical Redistributer

Displaying a carnivalesque beat without being joyful, the song moves forward in between the couple of breaks without even attempting building ups. The chain-like bass once again explores slightly different ideas, as the ussual porn the collector has been sharing keeping the higher ranges on a mental hard on.

 

Saiko Samples

[delars]

really good listening music

keeps u going

very god when u try to study

[firebreath]

The album fits nicely as a building block into dark progressive sets, together with the new albums from Sensient (pressure optimal) and Metalogic (magnetic influence) or compilations like electroscopic or chronika2.

[Manuser]

5/10 from me, it is not = astrix though, i like it more : ) but it sounds simple and dull sometimes. Not bad, but not among my favourites, and it could sound better if there were more work in it, when i listen to it i don't feel that there is a huge work put into the tracks.

 

PS : Track 1, killer bassline : )

[Ov3rdos3]

Dancefloor Killer (4/10)

[Caipirinha´s Club!]

Last Possible Solution Rock´s !

 

you can imagine what is comming just listen tha intro of firt track . very quimical , very psychedelic .

 

i really like Spc new album .. all tracks ... its a master piece .

 

if you re a spacer , you have to get it .

[Sawfly]

It's quite good, but I like Sensient's album more. I just can't listen to this without thinking R.A.M. and Neural Rectifier Syndrome and hoping this would jump into that madness.

[freak51]

Adequate. Good top-end and mids, but generally dull-normal one-two, one-two percussion. Provides soulless diversion filler. Pity: could have been a "killaaaarrrrr".

[seraph]

7/10 WICKED

[Basilisk]

I really dig NRS and buy anything on LPS, but this one fails to get me going unfortunatly... track 6 briefly has it, but only because of the old drum loop from Futuristic Poetry. The bass line on track 1 is a good hook as well, but that's about it. Building blocks for minimal mixers...