Roll up, roll up. Turn those speakers up for the following.
Number one. Some German clicking remixed by an American:
Spring Heel Jack used to knock out what was termed 'intelligent drum and bass'. What a terrible coinage, but then pushed the boat out with more improv stuff. An epic slab of sound:
And if that wasn't enough, more cinematic presence from the very unknown Unmen. Two producers who vaguely got bundled up in the whole Ambient thing in the early 90s, but actually produced two pretty weird albums. I remember once reading an interview about them borrowing samplers. To think that these machines used to cost the same price as a new car:
This came on the Pod recently as I was cycling back from an industrial estate out near Berlin's Tempelhof airport. This is the airport right in the centre of Berlin, dating from the early 20s, built on land originally belonging to the Knights Templars. The architecture is pure Albert Speer (Hitler's architect) from 1934, part of the plan to transform Berlin into Germania, and has that slab-like monumental quality. Illuminated at night as I cycled past, it kind of fitted.
Laters,
Thistle-Eye
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