Artist(s) .........:: Bryan Black presents Black Asteroid
Title .............:: The Engine EP
Genre .............:: Techno
Record Label ......:: CLR
Catalogue Number ..:: CLR049
Source ............:: WEB
Quality ...........:: 320kbps avg / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Duration ..........:: 00:21:14 (49.5MB)
Release Date ......:: 12-07-2011
Support ...........:: http://www.beatport.com
Tracklist .........::
1. Engine 1 5:06
2. Engine 1.1 5:49
3. Engine 2 5:06
4. Prism 5:13
Release Note ......::
Black Asteroid is the brainchild of Bryan Black, who started his career as a
sound designer for Prince. While working with Prince at Paisley Park Studios,
Bryan learned and honed sound and production skills, which inspired him to
start his own band. He moved to London England and co-founded a band called
MOTOR. Their first demo was quickly signed to Novamute, and after 2 singles,
MOTOR were catapulted to the top of the techno world, sharing stages with Daft
Punk and Kraftwerk at major festivals, and later embarking on a World tour
supporting Depeche Mode in 2009.
In April 2011, Bryan decided to start a new project by the name of BLACK
ASTEROID, to showcase an exciting new sound and to re-capture the techno world
once more. That was the moment when Chris Liebing came into the picture, and he
recalls it as follows: "Of course I have always been a fan of Novamute, and one
day I had this "Motor" track called Sweatbox in my hands and loved it so much,
that I called Novamute and asked if I could remix it. The result was the
release of a single sided vinyl that came out in the end of 2005
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFBxk3KYH80). What I really liked about the
Original was the "out of the ordinary" techno approach that Motor had...., and
still has. For my remix, I actually only added a bassdrum...
6 years later I find this demo mail by Motor mastermind Bryan Black in my
inbox, with a 4 track project called BLACK ASTEROID. He kept following what was
happening on CLR and thought it was a good idea to send me the new tracks he
has done. What a great idea! Very soon the next day, our whole office in Berlin
was dancing and the neighbours were complaining.
I am excited and happy that Bryan has chosen CLR in order to get his tracks out
and that we can continue the story, which started back in 2005. Loads of
musical adventures lie ahead of us and I am happy to have Bryan Black on
board!"
This debut EP of BLACK ASTEROID was written in only 1 week. Then it was mixed
in the following week and signed to CLR a week later. An early demo version of
"Engine 1" even made it to one of the highest ranks in Dave Clarke's monthly
top ten, long before any promos were sent out. It almost seems as if this music
was in a hurry to be out there, and if you listen to it, it won┤t surprise you
at all. The ENGINE EP consists of nothing but pure POWER.