Artist: Subway
Title: Subway II
Label: Soul Jazz
Genre: Electronic
Bitrate: 171kbit av.
Time: 00:49:59
Size: 64.08 mb
Rip Date: 2009-05-20
Str Date: 2009-06-15
01. Persuasion 6:10
02. Lowlife 6:06
03. Simplex 5:26
04. Harmonia 5:18
05. Jupiter 5:26
06. Monochrome 4:26
07. Horizons 1:57
08. Delta II 7:29
09. Xam 7:41
Release Notes:
From their debut 12" 'Subway Tracks Volume One' (released in 2001 on
Butter) via their 2005 album Empty Head (especially the majestic
opening track, 'Testing') up to their terrific single of last year,
'Simplex', Subway have always impressed with the consistent quality of
their releases. They were drawing upon kosmische and krautrock
influences long before it became fashionable to do so, fusing them with
IDM, disco and Detroit techno sensibilities to create a very graceful,
tremulous kind of "post-dance" music.
Subway II nods to old masters Cluster, Kraftwerk, Harmonia, Juan
Atkins, Baldelli, Moroder et al, but there's a maturity and overriding
sense of restraint that immediately sets Subway (the duo of Michael
Kirkman and Alan James) apart from the neo-cosmic pretenders. It was
recorded at home in East London using an array of old analogue
equipment, something which comes across in the tactile, timeless
quality of the recordings. Its a meditative if not melancholy record,
one which isn't really dancefloor-aimed but nonetheless has insistent
rhythm at its heart. It is, in short, fantastic.
There's a reason why Subway count Hot Chip, Carl Craig, DFA and Hot
Chip among their fans; whether you're an old fan or completely new to
their sound, make sure you wrap your lugs around Subway II