Repair - Forgive and Forget

Like any music fan, I like to have my expectations subverted and upended in a way that’s pleasing. That’s what the first track on Repair’s new album did through the inclusion of vocals. I should have known, though, as most Sub Static full-lengths tend to be incredibly pleasant surprises, no matter who the artist. This is a label that flies under the radar far too often, while creating exceptional music that ties many of the standout tracks from other labels together in mixes and such.

I unfortunately slept on their 12″ of last year under this title, which I’ll be picking up immediately, considering the imitable Richard Davis has a remix on there.

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The Gasman - Imodium

At times this track, made seemingly only out of vocal samples from opera records recorded in the late 40s overflows with an abundance of female voices nearly bowling you over with the amount of sonic information. At other times, it’s simple enough to understand exactly what’s going on. During both of those moments I’m in love with what’s going on here. The Gasman has been doing this sort of thing for his past two albums (his newest double disc set just was released on Planet Mu), and I find it to be absolutely infuriating that he can’t put together an entire album of tracks as good as this. Be grateful that he’s trying.

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Pole Folder - Waterfalls of Love feat. Sandra Ferretti

Sure, it’s not like I’m happy to be enjoying some of the tracks from Bedrock’s first CD release immensely, but they’re also not at all what I had expected from John Digweed’s label either. Epic progressive trance was what I came for and what I came away with was epic and enveloping trip-hop straight from the school of Moloko, et. al? Oddly transfixing and beautifully put together, you have every right to hate this–consider it a guilty pleasure from me to you.

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