Artist ...... : Soul Center
Title ....... : GE 01
Genre ....... : Electronic
Label ....... : Shitkatapult
Catnr ....... : STRIKE114
Source ...... : WEB
Quality ..... : 320kbps avg / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Duration .... : 00:24:52 (57.0MB)
Ripdate ..... : 03-07-2010
Store ....... : http://www.beatport.com
Tracklist ... :
1. Dry Bul Scyl 5:54
2. Hal2010 6:58
3. Liza U 5:09
4. Marmelade 6:51
Release Notes :
With the release of his fourth album, GENERAL ECLECTICS, on September 11th
THOMAS BRINKMANN breathes new life into his stellar side project SOUL CENTER.
Preceded by a short and sweet preof part one (GE 01), available on vinyl from
July 2nd, the record shows the Rhine-based expressionist at his peak and
Berlin-based label SHITKATAPULT feels privileged to release the entire series!
Dont be mislead by the albums title, though. Taken literally, GENERAL ECLECTICS
will lead you astray not once, but twice. While the cover might allude to local
noise merchants EINST▄RZENDE NEUBAUTENs infamous HAUS DER L▄GE sleeve and PAOLO
UCCELLOS horses rear, the
albums inner sleeve is covered in maps, footballs, cigarette butts, priests each
replete with their own rich history. Take the ashtray, for example: a work of
art in itself (Mein Kippenberg) that is both light-hearted and laden with
meaning.
It is Brinkmanns sense of appropriation (the eclectic side of things), his
interpretation of art/music/image/sound, that provides the red thread to connect
the individual parts and concept of this album. Unlike SOUL CENTERs previous
works, the featured music is almost entirely devoid of samples and returns to a
deep melange of technos richer funk and soul flavours. Seriously this is funkier
than anything we have heard in ages. From the albums slowed-down opener,
MARMELADE, right up to the final hands-in-the-air stomper DYR BUL SCYL its time
to throw out the museum guides!
But lets start with the 12 inches of GE 01, which reverses the track listing and
kicks off with SOUL CENTERs sure-fire floor filler. Fun is a hot gun.