Saturday, February 10, 2024

Track Of The Day: The Exaltics​ ​- Zwoelf (Arpanet Helium Shell remodel) (Solar One)


A great piece of slightly off-kilter electro in true Arpanet style. Danceable and funky, but eliciting a simultaneous feeling of uncertainty and dissonance, this remix for The Exaltics typifies what is the sometimes kitsch sounding inner monologue that must be constantly running through Gerald Donald’s mind. No one currently does that backwards to go forwards soundtrack to mystery better. ‘Gamma Player’, which is probably the apex of it, is techno. However, this is electro and, while the genre sometimes rattles along at a fair pace, it’s at it’s funky best when it doesn’t. Adding an extra layer of analogue intrigue makes it even better. The soundtrack to mechanical, reanimating laboratories everywhere.

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