Title: Electro Music Union/Sinoesin/Xonox Works 1993-1994
Artist: Electro Music Union/Sinoesin/Xonox
Label: Cold Blow
Cat Number: BLOW 02/AVALP007
Genre: Electro, IDM, Ambient
Angels of Attitude (Part 1) – Sinoesin
Structures 1 – Electro Music Union
Transmission – Xonox
Structures 2 – Electro Music Union
Structures 3 – Electro Music Union
Descent – Electro Music Union
Structures 4 – Electro Music Union
Electroshock Mountain – Electro Music Union
Static Bodies – Sinoesin
Angels of Attitude (Part 2) – Sinoesin
Immortal Cities – Electro Music Union
Liquid Lover - Electro Music Union
Alternating Current – Xonox
Demiconductor – Sinoesin
S.E.I. – Sinoesin
Relics of a star which burned brightly during its short existence, and possibly this year’s electro holy grail reissue, after 2017’s ‘Scopex 98/00’; ‘Electro Music Union/Sinoesin/Xonox Works 1993-1994’ collects together a lot of what was released on UK label Metatone during the first half of the 1990s, as well as two tracks never available on vinyl before, and judging by this hefty collection, not before time. Of course it’s wrong to pigeonhole this release as solely electro, it covers a wide range of sonic structures, from ambient and trance to techno and electro. Overriding everything though, is a strong aura of IDM, (not a term I have much time for, but it’s short and snappy), which draws disparate strands of aural pleasure together and daubs a veneer of completely warranted sophistication over everything here. The use of analogue hardware cannot go unmentioned, manipulated as it is by Simon Adkins, the evil genius behind the lion’s share of this smorgasbord of elcronica. Personla faves include ‘Structures 4’, ‘Electroshock Mountain’ and ‘S.E.I.’ but there isn’t a bum note to gossip about here. Essential shizzle.
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