Tim Xavier & D-Knox - Soul Kraft (Facetoface) LP
シカゴ〜ブルックリン〜ベルリンと渡り歩きManmade Mastering仕事でテクノ・シーンを下支えしてきたTim Xavier(Sotofettの上司?1stアルバムやLTD400好きでした)とJay Denhamと並ぶ90sカラマズー・テクノ代表選手D-Knoxのコラボレーション作品。
”A very classic, auditorily both honest and skillful, techno mini-album by US producers D-Knox and Tim Xavier of Black Nation, 773 Tekno, Limited 400serie, and Sonic Mind fame. The duo's six-tracker nods to old-school US 'multitrack' underground techno EPs, but is bombastically engineered for club systems. Stunningly starting with "Soul Kraft Intro", a hymn for the Detroit techno legacy, only to slip into the tracky club rider "Stream Of Consciousness" with short stabs and alarming strings. Ripping acidic riffs and multifaceted hi-hat programming are signatures throughout, particularly highlighted by the teeth-grinding Chicago-styled (almost 'French Touch' compressed) "Dead Star Grinder", and not the least by the ultimately classic "Tomorrow Is A Rainy Day" with its broken beat and deep-standing forward-driving chordal beauty.”
【Tracklist】
A1 Soul Kraft Intro 4:48
A2 Stream Of Consciousness 5:19
A3 Off Into The Abyss 5:10
B1 Tomorrow Is A Rainy Day 5:36
B2 3choes Of 3ther 5:29
B3 Dead Stare Grinder 6:03