Not his first release, but certainly the one that made me aware of him; Joey Anderson’s ‘Earth Calls’, released on Anthony Parasole’s now defunct Deconstruct, and famously featured on Levon Vincent’s Fabric mix, very quickly became a favourite of mine. This is also possibly related to having a radio show on Cambridge 105 with Harry Sword where we used to play it a lot, as well as tracks by Vincent and other NYC artists, such as DJ Spider. Anderson, for me at least, occupied a sonic space which was recognisably techno, but one step to the side. This track is a good example of what he is about. A low key beat shrouded in various levels of abstract sound design which all coalesce to produce something quite unique and jazz-inflected. The dominant element here, which I’ll say is the high end string sound, something like a rogue violin, puts me very much in mind of Robert Hood’s early M-Plant sound. Anderson recently released the excellent ‘Exotic Sequence’ album on Deeptrax, and the Inimeg Bandcamp has some great releases on it which show that he hasn’t lost his edge and continues to make challenging, totally out there stuff.
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