Ekoplekz - Reflekzionz

[cear]

May 18 2015 - Planet Mu - ZIQ358

 

01. A Caustic Romance

02. Quakers Road Skank

03. Seduktion

04. Repeater (How Did It Feel?)

05. Downtone

06. Midnight Cliffs

07. Tremulant

08. Dubnium 268

09. Canon's Marsh

10. Black Calkz

11. Saturation (Full Rinse)

12. Day In May

 

Press release / samples: http://www.planet.mu/discography/ZIQ358

 

[Avarik]

f yes @ that cover

[doublename]

F yes everything

[Hugh Mughnus]

I'll propably get this.

 

I really love the textures and atmosphere of ekoplekz but for some reason I always find myself wishing the bpm was bumped up by like 3-5bpm.... Almost like he made the songs faster and then slowed them down. That sounds really stupid I bet.

 

Whatever, love ekoplekz! And that cover is amazing!

[Soloman Tump]

Very happy that Nick's love-in with Planet Mu is continuing. Everything he has out out with them so far has been sextime for my ears

[auxien]

The previews for this are sounding great. Almost for sure a purchase. That art is ridiculous in the best of ways, too.

[MassfreeKid]

Wow, I'm impressed. Mike really is working hard on the Eko case. I hope the music sounds like the cover.

[cear]

https://soundcloud.com/factmag/fact-mix-491-ekoplekz-apr-15

01. Ekoplekz – Outro: Entropy Symphony (Planet Mu)

02. Jonathan Meades – Pedigree Mongrel (excerpt)(Test Center)

03. Hacker Farm – Dead Beatz (unreleased)

04. Scarab – Procession Towards The Unknown (Mordant Music ReMMix)(Mental Groove)

05. IX Tab – I M Wh U Mk Ov M (Twiggwich)

06. Charles Hayward – Searchlight Tattoo (Samarbeta)

07. Kemper Norton – Ship Canal’s Remix For Gerard Winstanley (Front & Follow)

08. Laura Cannell – Song Of Repentance (Replekz) (Brawl)

09. Baron Mordant – East Hill (Cavendish Music)

10. Nochexxx – Last Club On Da Left (Type – forthcoming)

11. Dolly Dolly & Gloria Gloucestershire – Contak (unreleased)

12. Honey Bane – Violence Grew (rejected Replekz)

13. eMMplekz – Queer Vibe (Mordant Music)

14. Ekoplekz – Severn Beach (Wrangler Remix – exclusive)

[dr lopez]

tbh i was left a little mystified by the the first one. will probably buy this on the cover alone and hopefully enjoy the music!

[Soloman Tump]

Quality, well up for the fact mix. Will give it a spin tonight.

[cear]

[Soloman Tump]

Woah.

 

What a lovely track and amazing video.

 

Looks like Zeke Clough artwork?

[Soloman Tump]

My copy arrived! Will listen tomorrow, I have a monster headache. ...

[auxien]

Listened to half the album on streaming from somewhere (can't remember right now...) and was surprisingly bored with it. Maybe it was the combo of 4-track style recordings then lowered in quality further by streaming, or maybe it was just that there's a lot of noodly tracks in there that weren't doing much for me. Will revisit it soon...

[Soloman Tump]

The jury is still out on this one.

It sounds like Ekoplekz, but something is missing.

its kinda ekoplekz light, without quite enough raw grit and squelchy subterranean organic guts.

 

Perhaps some aphex fanboys from a message board took a bunch of cool melodies and decided to do an ekoplekz tribute album.

 

Don't get me wrong, its all good stuff. He has produced so much music over the years that his sound does need to deviate from what I have come to expect as the "standard".

 

I just think I prefer the grimy ethereal sounding stuff with the dirty electronics and abrasive distortion - Memowrekz remains my favourite release thus far.

 

Will still be giving this album plenty of spins though, and perhaps it will become as awesome as 4track and unfidelity. Overall, his time with planet mu so far has been pretty golden.

 

a bit fluffy / 10

[ascdi]

I picked this up and haven't listened yet. The artwork is incredible, tho.

 

Interesting thoughts fletch. I'm more of an Ekoplekz dabbler, so be curious to see what I think of this one.

 

MUSIC IS FUNS

[Lewps]

Looks like Zeke Clough artwork?

Yeah I was thinking it looked like the Skull Disco dude. fantastic artist his work really suited Shackleton's releases.