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artist: Todd Bodine
album: Surfaces
label: Tresor
cat: Tresor 221
year: 2006
genre: Electronic
sub-genre: Minimal, Techno
source: Cdda
grabber: Eac
encoder: LAME 3.90.3 --Alt-Preset Standard
quality: VBRkbps / 44,1kHz / Joint-Stereo
size: 94,7 MB
link: http://www.tresorberlin.com
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│tracklist.
no. time track title
01 05:12 Roomate
02 08:14 Particular
03 06:03 Vanish
04 07:36 Mimic
05 03:42 Enemies Behind
06 07:32 Femunden
07 06:05 No Answer
08 06:26 Terminal B
09 05:53 Contact
10 04:34 Monkeyrabbit
11 05:34 The Way Back
total time: 66:51 min
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│release notes.
The world of electronic music only grows wider and more complex
thanks to composers like Todd Bodine. The Berlin-based producer who
is artistically inclined towards minimal sounds recorded his debut
album for Tresor in 2005. The first outtakes for vinyl were already
released in May 2005 (Tresor.210 "Life Signs") and October 2005
(Tresor.217 "Particles") to afford a preview of the CD album
release in January 2006. And here it is: a full-length
documentation of Todd Bodine's version of electronica exploring a
unique range of moods, tastes, feelings, polarities and textures.
Bodine's distintive studio work excels on his Tresor debut album:
just listen to the sexy bass rhythms and bleeped sensuality in
"Roommate", "Vanish" and "Mimic". On the other hand, in the stark
track "Femunden" the dub takes charge and gives hyperspace a funky
downsize, until you give up trying to identify with the sounds and
just accept the seductive beat. Lushness even creeps up 'side the
head (especially with headphones) in "Enemies Behind" and you're
never far from the planetary elements that make up Todd Bodine's
rich blend of electro nujazz, techfunk and crossover fusion, that
snarls its sonic pulse into your tapping foot or swinging hips. The
exploration undertaken here (check out the sci-fi soundtrack
quality in the funk machinery of "No Answer") ultimately creates a
refreshingly adult yet melancholic ambience that sometimes holds
the listener spellbound, and other times leads the way straight to
the dance floor. Just as in the sublime track "The Way Back",
Todd's new Tresor album aurally steers its way through the sphere
that makes up his version of electronic music constructivism, while
leaving familiar traces of dance magic along the way for a safe
return trip.
If Bodine's talent was not evident enough with his releases on
Highgrade, Morris Audio Citysport, Tongut or SubStatic Records,
then it certainly surfaces now with "Surfaces" -a minimal
masterpiece. Enjoy. :)
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