V/A - Clangour

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V/A - Clangour

 

 

Artist: Various

Title: Clangour

Label: Boshke Beats

Date: 2003

 

Track listing:

 

01. Clangour : Intro

02. Neser Dna : My Name Is Bruise

03. Metalogic : The Lost Parameter

04. Fuzzion : E=mc2

05. Midi Miliz : Jewels

06. Authentik : Back

07. Midi Miliz : Model 1

08. Metalogic : El Bongonero

09. Fuzzion : Back Fire (Closed Filter Mix)

10. Triple Distilled : Hopping Adaggio

 

Review:

 

Terrifying beats and noise. You thought Chronika was extreme? This release

shakes that one down and takes its lunch money. Sometimes industrial,

sometimes dissonant, sometimes just plain unpleasant. However, where it

works, this shows that Boshke Beats is here to stay, and making some noise.

Boshke Beats cares not for the return to fluffy, floaty cheese that many have

noticed for the Silly Summer Season. It's staying in the basement, oiling its

guns 'n' shit. Many heart-stoppingly effective tracks weigh in on this

release. The Intro is deep and cinematic. Track 2 is too harsh for my

liking, and track 3 is ordinary. But after 5-6 years of Jungle stealing

sounds from trance, Track 4 borrows some techstep techniques, slows them down

to 135ish BPM (without resorting to played-out cheeky breaks tactics), and

uses them to twist up a deep spacey techno groove. This track is essential,

marking Fuzzion as an act to watch. Then MidiMiliz stamps out some Panzer

Tech, ehh, not too keen on this. Authentik's effort is rhythmically intricate

and industrial, as per their usual slant, if not otherwise engaging. Model 1

is a must-have track from Midimiliz with lots of subtle drama, and El

Bongonero uses latino percussion on nice deep techno with cinematic touches:

excellent work. Fuzzion comes on again and slows it down with Back Fire,

which uses some layered feedback effects to advantage, and borrows percussion

from the Kraftwerk boxes: dark & heavy, very toothsome. Finally, Tripple

Distilled's Hopping Adaggio seethes and writhes all over the lower spectra,

snarling at 105ish BPM. This one is totally worth owning: get it. 9/10.