"Laptik", the first compilation on Digital Gadget/Front, features various musical approches, constrasts and parallels, sending out from a bunch of glowing Berlin harddrives.
Long awaited new stuff by mighty Helvetikone is featured here, combining uncompromising beat programming with deliciously subtle pads from the dark side, and another dubby piece of music by "Don Knispel" Bogger.
Several contributions by neighbouring artists make this vinyl round: Menu:Exit, heads of glorious Berlin label Underscan, throw in a heavy downbeat stomper, while Jeff Pils stages some bass-driven fireworks of chopped up digital percussion ...other than fabulous cco artist Miwon, who mixes straight and steady drumpatterns with disarming melodies, coming to a really heartwarming result.
Some of you may remember how much we enjoyed last year's releases from Bogger and Helvetikone for the Digital Gadget imprint, and this ace 6-track compilation from the label features brand new material from them both alongside exclusive tracks from Miwon and Jeff Pills among others. Helvetikone opens the set with "Nothing" - a classic electronic deconstruction AFX styles, pieced together out of squashed beats and shimmering keys, the emotive impact of the melodies toughened by the robust beats - brilliant stuff. Bogger is up next, "Don Knipsel" being another shocking transmission from these mysterious operators - a minimal EOG style blueprint unfolding with all the percussive savvy and self restraint you'd expect from Autechre - exceptionally produced material. Jeff Pills, meanwhile, dominates the flipside with a spannered minimal shocker, all sharp drops and metallic convulsions, sitting itself somewhere between Pole, classic Hardcore and dubstep. Wicked twelve
all pretty good on this release. - i have bought the first 3 digital gadget releases so this is my kind of music. i encoded a couple of bogger tracks from the vinyl of those records. rob hall of skam records
Side 1:
Helvetikone - "Nothing"
Bogger - "Don Knispel"
Menu:Exit - "How To Get A Basket"
Side 2:
Miwon - "Make My Day"
Jeff Pils - "Hazelnut"
Helvetikone - "Komm Und Geh"
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