Various Artists: Dark Techno - One/Nine-Nine
- Soma - Soma Romanz (Clovus Mix)
- Newt - The Abyss (Deaf Diver Mix)
- Black Lung - The More Confusion The More Profit (Deviant Creation)
- Octaine - Reflecked to Dust
- Nerve Filter - Ritalin
- Hemisphere - Spaces
- Covenant - Tabula Rasa (Club Version)
- Hyperdex-1-Sect - Mind (X Marks The Pedwalk Mix)
- Violet Arcana - Sensory
- Total Transformation - Destroy Reality
- Psionic - Shield Wall
- UNIT:187 - Dead Dog (Doggy Style Mix)
- Scar Tissue - Syne (Stability Mix)
21st Circuitry Records has certainly jumped on the Electronica band wagon
creating an entirely new sub-label, Quantum Loop, that focuses on what
is being called Intelligent Dance Music or IDM. Aside from the ridiculous
name of the genre, Quantum Loop assembles one of the most innovative
collection of club focused electronic artists. While some of the acts are out
of place on this compilation, such as UNIT:187, who are more of a Guitar Hybrid
act, the remainder of these acts fit under the IDM umbrella quite nicely.
Standouts include the two David Thrussel side projects: Black Blung and Soma,
each with a distinctive style, the two Jonathan Sharp projects: Hyperdex-1-Sect
and Psionic, one with haunting feminine vocals and the other an instrumental,
and Newt, a collaboration between members of Haujobb and Forma Tadre. Other
side projects include Hemisphere, featuring Greg Price formerly of Waiting For
God and Nerve Filter featuring Tom Shear of Assemblage 23. Even if "Darker
Techno" seems like a collection of side projects, it really is an
excellent sampler of the IDM concept; a collection of Techno material written
with as little repetition as possible to avoid becoming insipid, yet just
enough loops and sequences to appeal to the club scene.
Contact:
21st Circuitry Records
P.O. Box 170100
San Francisco, CA 94117
E-mail: circuit@sirius.com
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