Ekoplekz - Cassettera

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Planet Mu - ZIQ387

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01. Formative

02. Bass 2 Dank

03. The Imperative

04. Nitrate Abuse

05. Jacktrak 04:26

06. Tactile

07. Bedrock

08. Mashdown

09. Seconds Too Soon

10. The Outlook Is Bleak

 

https://ekoplekz.bandcamp.com/album/cassettera

 

http://planet.mu/releases/cassettera/

 

 

Planet Mu are releasing two special limited edition cassette tapes for Christmas 2017, one by Claude Speeed and this one by Ekoplekz. As the title suggests, Cassettera assembles a further 10 tracks from the same sessions as Ekoplekz's recent Bioprodukt album, to be released as a cassette & also digitally.

 

The beats are still to the fore, even incorporating elements of techno and house, but the mood is darker, with a heavier emphasis on noise and drone textures resulting in a more uneasy listen. This greyscale outlook is reflected in the monochrome variation on Bioprodukt's sleeve art. 'Bass 2 Dank' and 'Jacktrak' apply solid kicks and grooves for moody dancefloors, whilst 'Formative' and 'The Imperitive' combine convoluted percussion and cloying sub-bass with eerie atmospherics. 'Tactile' and 'Nitrate Abuse' offer minimal user-unfriendly experimental textures and the set ends with the extended grinding dread of 'The Outlook Is Bleak'.

 

[BUNKUM]

Ordered

[Soloman Tump]

Ordered

 

(Digital)

[JUVITH SITH]

Every time i listen to this release i seem to picture something called slugterra...

 

The thing is i had never heard of this being an actual cartoon...

 

Weird or what???

 

Good release from Ekoplekz...

 

Shit cartoon from whomever...

[ARPA]

hmm I like this!

[Soloman Tump]

Dark sludgy Ekoplekz is the best Ekoplekz.

[zaizai]

This is excellent ! On auto-reverse since i copped it

[Soloman Tump]

This is fucking ace and nothing like Bioprodukt. Don't let Bioprodukt be a guide to how you think this music will sound - if these tracks were indeed formed from the same sessions then it was a pretty bipolar session.

 

Dark, droney noodling sounds with clicky drums and bleepy synth parts combine to form an overall intense immersive trip.