Title: Selected Transmissions From The Pyramid
Artist: ADJ
Label: For Those That Knoe
Cat Number: knoe 10/1
Genre: Electro
1: Lark
2: Realignment
3: Monday Night Blues
4: Bomb Site
5: Welcome To The Future 2012
6: Spaceman
7: Welcome
8: Sub Aquatic Dialogue
This release is a compilation of sorts from an artist who I have fond memories of serving me many times at the long defunct IQ Records on Lexington Street Soho. ADJ, aka Andy Jaggers is someone who has flown under the radar for many, but over the last twenty five years or so has been an important player on the UK electro scene. This collection is also eponymously named after his record label and radio show, (as well as another Soho record shop that Andy founded. I read this somewhere. Any verification?) Anyway, on to the music, and it’s all very good indeed. Often moving towards bass heavy electro, there’s also a pervasive otherworldy, glitchy feel to these tracks. This is particularly evident on ‘Sub Aquatic Dialogue’ ‘Realignment’, ‘Sunday Night Blues’ and ‘Bomb Site’. ‘Lark’, which opens the album, is for my money the most accomplished track. It’s a classic mix of the portentous and the funky which together add beacoup gravitas. ‘Spaceman’ has a similar feel on account of its depth and sensurround sound, while ‘Welcome’ is a busy, acidically embellished piece of insect funk. A great double pack and one which hopefully brings the artist some much deserved recognition.
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