The SiBERiA team presents:
Point 7 - What?
Release Info:
Artist ...... Point 7
Title ....... What?
Type ........ LP
Label ....... Toytronic
Cat.Number .. TOY22
Genre ....... Electronic
Style ....... IDM, Dubstep, Techno
Street date . 02-03-2009
Rip date .... 04-03-2009
Source ...... WEB
Url ......... http://www.beatport.com
Encoder ..... LAME v3.97
Ripper ...... dedmoroz
Quality ..... 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Full Stereo
Tracks ...... 10
Size ........ 151.31Mb
List Of Tracks:
Track Title Time
01 ... Remember Now 7:26
02 ... X Insert 6:03
03 ... A Computer 9:02
04 ... One Movie 3:46
05 ... Bit Loop Eddie 7:54
06 ... 15th Of July 5:16
07 ... Hacker IP 4:18
08 ... DNA Conflict 6:16
09 ... Ous 8:57
10 ... Space Formula 3:35
Total
62:33
Release Notes:
Toytronic Records were always the thinking manÆs gold standard. If you
happened to come in to some dirty money but were bored of the racetrack
and car parts, you could always sink sums into their limited vinyl
confident youÆd shelled out cleverly: those sunburst acetates would
appreciate like lightning, as surefire an investment as a box of
Australian matches. Unfortunately, roundabout the time of landmark
compilation Everything Is Green (2004), everything went kablooie and
the label went into ice age. No-one knew the specifics exactly
(personally I blame Sir Allen Stanford), but fortunately the Toys had
already deployed their emergency chute in the form of compilation
contributor Point 7. Far from being a disposable pixel in the ocean of
IDM reservists, it turns out he was actually label originator Mr. Chris
Cunningham all along (not that Chris Cunningham, thereÆs two). Unmasked
and starting over from the Abfahrt Hinwil project he set up with Martin
Haidinger, Point 7Æs modest ôHigher Contrast Informationö track was
just a beacon for the juggernaut to follow, as five years later heÆs
back with his top secret lifetimeÆs opus to shut down the imprint in
glory. Fireworks, phasers, fat slabs, the works.
Easily the weight of the more temperate Aphex Twin LPs, What? is
everything the hunger strikers could have spent a half-decade hoping
for: a cross-section of what would become the sound of Toytronic;
crisp, disjointed, and shimmering breaks that hark back to IDMÆs prime.
With that in mind, Point 7 doesnÆt clear a whole heap of new ground on
his comeback, but the set heÆs assembled to soundtrack his return
dazzles like a well-kept DeLorean. Not only that, but with the five
year sentence he spent in the freezer he didnÆt fail to absorb some
contemporaries: ôOusö is nine minutes of dubstep superscript, dark
beats skinned of their lasers and dance pads to reflect the new gloomy
UK. ItÆs not a sign of grey hairs, just a solemn acceptance of the
demise of raving in the wake of more widespread cocaine solosùparanoia
apart, the labelÆs zeitgeist and quality control are remarkably taut,
providing evidence to feed the fact that CunninghamÆs hiatus was one of
experiments. Things get ferocious on ôBit Loop Eddieö as synths glide
you on your side through the Lefortovo tunnel, a white light pouring on
ô15th of Julyö as Eno-esque tones become arctic. The quickfire trance
the label was built on is reacting with a strange new accelerant,
crystals sprouting in all directions like continental drift on Krypton.
What causes What? to survive the tap of the jeweling hammer its
purchasers will ultimately subject it to is the effort thatÆs gone into
its creationùCunninghamÆs plainly gone to great lengths to give
subscribers the gem theyÆve been rooting for, keen to drive home his
vote for the notion that nostalgia can still be productive. ôDna
Conflictö slips off a tuning dial and onto a rink of smooth forms,
Casios colliding like blind pups, while the arcane technology of ôOne
Movieö drips like the soundtrack to Dreamweb (1994). Powerful stuff, I
assure youùpowerful enough for Point 7 to declare last month that this
isnÆt a fanfare but a rebirth. ThatÆs right: thereÆs a wealth of
similar material stuffed in his trunk, enough apparently for the honcho
to declare he now intends for Toytronic to continue. ThatÆs a pill that
can potentially go down both waysùthe calibre of What? is wide enough
to round off a twelve-year legacy, with further contributions arguably
risking potential disgrace or dilutionùbut if thereÆs a manual out
there somewhere on how to stage a successful comeback, Chris
CunninghamÆs prints are all over it. What? is like a reunion with an
old friend whoÆs shed some tics in your absence, replacing them instead
with a fierce imagination and a memory that can captivate a backroom.
He tells stories from the olden days, but thatÆs what sages do, surely.
HereÆs hoping Point 8 doesnÆt blight it.
Label: www.toytronic.com
Artist: www.myspace.com/point7myspace
Dedmoroz loving IDM!