Various Artists - The Power of Movement in Plants

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  • If you've read enough DJ interviews then you're bound to have encountered someone's nostalgic yearning for the days when clubs contained several rooms, each offering a radically different type of music from the other. There's something like that happening on the debut release from Electronique.it, an Italian label birthed from the website of the same name. On the A-side there's a blissed-out, 13-minute ambient jam, while on the flip, you'll find downtempo electro and an abrasive techno cut which wouldn't sound out of place on Perc Trax or Stroboscopic Artefacts. Apparently, it all has something to do with Charles Darwin's book, The Power of Movement in Plants. "Soils," the ambient piece, is courtesy of a duo called Commodity Place. If heaven has a soundtrack, this is probably it. A mellifluous bell motif spirals gracefully through the entire duration, its pitch drifting up and down. Like a star-pricked night sky, it's seemingly infinite, and reminds that simple sequences can be just as affecting as complex ones. "Is This Real," from passEnger, showcases a meditative, dubstep-like side of electro which will probably feel unfamiliar to most. It's rather sparse, with thread-thin synths snaking their way through a maze of off-kilter kicks. Again, these synths—which sound like smoother radio static—are surprisingly engaging, despite their simplicity. While it may be fast and abrasive, Cosmic Metal Mother's "The Unreleased Techno Mix Series (Comunicazione Uno)" doesn't have the vicious feel a bulkier low-end or sharper percussion may have imparted. Its rapid-firing lead sounds like air being blasted powerfully through a drinking straw. At times, claps or hats try joining it, but their presence is always brief, letting the brisk motif drum itself into the brain unabated.
  • Tracklist
      A Commodity Place - Soils B1 passEnger - Is This For Real? B2 Cosmic Metal Mother - The Unreleased Techno Mixes Series (Comunicazione Uno)
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