ARTIST...: Architeq
TITLE....: Into The Cosmos EP
YEAR.....: 2010
LABEL....: Tirk
CAT.NO...: TIRK064
GENRE....: Disco
TIME.....: 24:05 min
SIZE.....: 55,2 MB
QUALITY..: 320kbps/44.1kHz/Joint-Stereo
ENCODER..: Lame 3.98
SOURCE...: WEB
RLS.DATE.: 2011/02/20
WEBSITE..: boomkat.com
TRACKLIST
01) (04:54) Into The Cosmos
02) (06:38) Odyssey (Dan Lissvik Long Version)
03) (06:04) Into The Cosmos (Mr Beatnick Dub)
04) (04:25) Halloween Acid
05) (02:04) The Hare
NOTES
As 2010 closes we dip our ink for one final foray into the micro phenomena that is
Scottish, London-based "Architeq". He has certainly turned a few heads since his
debut "Gold + Green" dropped on Tirk in Sep 2009. His mix of lazy funk and electronic
squelch mastery sounds quite like nothing else out there. Our final EP from the album
bases itself around one of the lead tracks "Into The Cosmos".
Leading the charge on a multiple media assault is unquestionably the most impressive
video we have been involved with to date. Bristol based "Chopsy Animation" (made up
of regulars from the Oscar-avalanching Aardman Animation crew) have turned in a
mastercraft in stop frame video. Their story animates an entire record collection and
bounces it down the streets of Bristol. Sounds freaky? Well yes it is, but in a "well
cool for school" way. Check it out here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3Y-iXXcbM0).
Matching the videos prowess we have assembled an EP of fine musical cuts. First up is
the original of "Into The Cosmos". Architeq may have made it in 2006 but its
freshness and uniqueness still shine through to this day. On remix duty Mr Beatnick
applies his deft remix skills on his dub-driven stabby-synth version.
While creating the album Swedish based Dan Lissvik was one of the inspirations for
the track "Odyssey" so it was very fitting when he agreed to remix the very track he
inspired. His version flies straight in from the leftfield. He adds layers of quirky
steel strummed guitar while stripping the tune down to its bass groove elements.
The EP completes itself with a trio of Architeq originals. Halloween Acid takes
space-echo to a new spooky dimension and The Hare is a lost psychedelic, science
fiction soundtrack from 1973.
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