Artist : Murmur
Title : Undertone
Genre : Electronic
Year : 2007
Date : 11/29/2007
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 13
Label : Meanwhile
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 54:17 min
Size : 64,9 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Pansula 06:00
02.Mesh 04:19
03.Invasion 01:46
04.Flex 04:17
05.Drone 04:27
06.Shift 04:38
07.Dusk 04:11
08.Bloodclot 05:11
09.Veld 03:17
10.Slip 05:10
11.Tap90 04:42
12.Geiger 01:24
13.Barrier 04:55
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54:17 min
From Boomkat:
Murmur are possibly the most self restrained and least derivative operators in dub techno right now, and
over the course of a handful of scarce twelves they've slowly gestated a frayed hybrid of minimal
construction and fathomless BASS that has less in common with the hallowed Basic Channel axis then
the work of most of their contemporaries. Opening track "Pansula" takes its time and slowly unfolds
around aged and ragged dub chords, the analogue detritus and barely audible hum of their machines
making the kind of unpredictably lovely sound you'd expect from a bank of old synths and decrepit wires
slowly coming to life. "Mesh" is up next and provides the album with its clearest nod towards Maurizio
complete with a rugged kickdrum and elongated dub stagger, but even here the emphasis is on self
restraint and space, at low volumes adopting a kind of intense languid narcosis, becoming more
propulsive, robust and exhilarating the louder it gets. "Flex" provides another Minimal variation, this time
revisiting classic Klang signatures with modified Sino melodies and soft pads managing to bring to mind
Baby Ford and Rob Hood in one fell swoop, while "Shift" is dominated by intense, layered dub chords,
almost enveloping the track in a kind of classic fuzzy warmth that's just immense. "Bloodclot" is the most
fierce offering on board, the hi-hats making their first significant appearance a good 8 tracks into the album
and imbuing proceedings with a motorik drive that seems to have been honed and perfected for the
Panorama Bar at peak time - staggered chords included. "Undertone" is clearly one of the years most
significant dub techno releases (and it really barely fits under that bracket), a towering achievement
crowning a year that's already given us essential material from the likes of the Styrax, Mojuba, SYNTH and
Echospace labels, and is a perfect counterpoint to the year's other big release in this field - Deepchord's
brilliant "Coldest Season". Essential Purchase.