VA-Ai_Records_Sampler_08-(AI023CD)-2008-DV8

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MP3/FLAC

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DV8

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93,74 MB

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11

Date

2008-06-20

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Artist:   VA
Title:    Ai Records Sampler 08
Label:    AI
Genre:    Electronic
Bitrate:  180kbit av.
Time:     01:10:50
Size:     98.29 mb
Rip Date: 2008-06-20
Str Date: 2008-00-00

1.  Najem Sworb - Teranidian                             7:16
2.  Plant43 - Grey Sky Cracks                            5:42
3.  The Third Man - A14 (Eastbound)                      6:37
4.  Plant43 - Bristle White Trees                        6:56
5.  The Third Man - 6 Am On Leith Walk                   5:45
6.  Datassette - Damage Report                           5:57
7.  Datassette - Pluck                                   3:51
8.  Michael Manning - Center Of The Universe             3:54
9.  Michael Manning - Numb                               3:58
10. Sinner DC - Summer 57                                9:52
11. Michael Manning - The Lost Aberrant Dragonfly       11:02

Release Notes:

Due in part to satisfy the requests for CD-based material Ai's
next full length offering is a sampler showcasing the breadth
of talent and styles signed to the label's roster.
Deep dubby techno is represented on Teranidian, the LP's
opener and the final track from Najem Sworb's critically
acclaimed debut EP from late 2007.  Plant43's Drexciyan tinged
electro is up next in the shape of the title track from his
Grey Sky Cracks EP before we move swiftly onto the The Third
Man's warm techno journey along the A14.

Hot on the heals of his first full length opus, the midpoint
of the LP is handed over to Datassette; firstly with Damage
Report, his futuristic take on machine funk and then the
medieval tones of Pluck; a track akin to dropping a court lyre
player into a modern day recording studio and allowing him to
tinker merrily.

Electronica is where the label first made its mark and the
latter half of the sampler shows that while recent releases
have had more of structured dancefloor feel this genre is
still very much part of the label's repertoire.

Michael Manning delivers a pair of previously unreleased
tracks both of which have a strong string content although
vary in their approach with Center of the Universe being a
full scale orchestral affair with complementary electronics
whereas Release gently works the strings between broken beat
and game-like patterns.

Strings also play a part in Sinner DC's Summer 57, a distorted
electro workout sounding like a slowed-down version of
Underworlds Rez and another brand new track exclusive to this
release. The LP is then finally brought to a close with the
ambient electronica of Michael Mannings Lost Aberrrant
Dragonfly, the oldest cut on the sampler coming from his
earlier EP of the same name.

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