Released in 1989 and arguably never improved on, by anyone (not that this means anything other than I really like it); ‘Virtual’ is that rare type of track that contains multitudes and is far more than the sum of its parts. Is the difference between techno and house the way the beats break? If so then this is an object lesson in sound definition. ‘Virtual’ seems to pile so much into its 10 minutes or so. The breaks, the cavernous drops, the immortal synth line that feels like the soundtrack to falling into an inescapable void. The overall gothic feel. The samples: “World, world, world. I sit in my room, imagine the future”. Allan Ginsberg I believe. A track like this determines the direction of music yet to come. Still relevant after all these years.
Check this great review of the release by Kirk Degiorgio on RA from a few years ago.
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