artist      : Boxcutter
title       : Arecibo Message
label       : Planet Mu
cat#        : ZIQ225CD
genre       : Electronic
street date : 2009-00-00
tracks      : 13
bitrate     : 170 kbps avg. 44.1/Joint Stereo
size        : 59.90 mb
source      : CD
type        : Retail
url         :

"Dubstep mainstay Boxcutter aka Norn Iron's Barry Lynn delivers his third
album for Planet Mu with a distinct progression in sound from the hyper
processed 'Glyphic'. It seems the ultra-tech programming of his previous
two albums has left Boxcutter in need of a change, resulting is this
shockingly organic and refreshingly energised take on garage, hardcore and
electronica with some jazzual help from his buddies in Kinnego Flux. The
first real change is 'Mya Rave' feeling almost naked without the dynamic
trickery, but massively benefitting from richer analog tones, naturally
spacious reverbs and a crafty sample of Foul Play's 'Dubbin' You' used to
awesome effect. 'Arecibo Message' refers to a sonic signal beamed into
space via frequency modulated radio waves in 1974, and it's representation
on this album is a rude breakstep cutter, harking back to the more
turbulent sound of early Vex'd mixed with LP5-era Autechre, but it's when
Lynn indulges his predilection for Jazzy improv that some of the most
magical moments on the album occur, such as 'Old School Astronomy' or 'A
Familiar Sound' taken from the single with Kinnego Flux. Finishing on the
couplet of 'Kab28' and 'A Cosmic Parent' is a canny move, seeing Lynn move
through his entire repertoire of equipment from synths to guitars to delay
pedals to neatly blur their boundaries with his unique style. An
excellent, surprising listen - highly recommended."

01 Sidetrak                                                            4:03
02 Mya Rave V2                                                         4:10
03 Arecibo Message                                                     4:25
04 Spacebass                                                           3:53
05 Arcadia 202                                                         3:13
06 Old School Astronomy                                                4:32
07 A Familiar Sound                                                    4:34
08 Free House Acid                                                     4:14
09 Sidereal Day                                                        3:29
10 Otherside Remix (Earth Is My Spaceship)                             4:10
11 Lamp Post Funk                                                      2:47
12 Kab 28                                                              2:50
13 A Cosmic Parent                                                     2:47

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