Implant Code was a group from Croatia that released this 4 track maxi-single for the Minus Habens label in 1993. The first track, “Hyperspace Enter” was featured on the first volume of the classic compilation series Dream Injection. It is mostly instrumental, except for a vocal sample from an unidentified reading of two lines from William Gibson’s novel Neuromancer: “Lines of light ranged in the nonspace of the mind” and the phrase, “unthinkable complexity”. While this is the only release for the duo (it is credited to a third individual also, Vlado Knežević), a remix of “Pulse 01″ appeared on the compilations Body Frequencies and Outer Space Communications V. 2.01-T1. Both artists are hard trance / tech-house DJs and producers, with numerous releases throughout the 90s on various labels. DJ Mary is the more prolific of the two, with 5 12″ releases since 2004, and most recently two remixes for his new label, Audiometric Records. Mario K/K has a few releases in the mid-90s after this came out under a couple different aliases such as Syntax Morph and Future Shock Team.
Tracklisting:
1 Hyperspace Enter (5:28)
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2 Cerebroscope (4:47)
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3 Cybernauts (4:43)
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4 Pulse01 (6:08)
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On January 17th 2009 Andrew Lagowski performed as ‘S.E.T.I.’ after an invitation from the Loki Foundation label. Sound sources were ipod Touch running Orthovox, Bebot, synthPond, TTW and Noise.io Pro, a Korg DS10 synthesizer and Ableton Live-prepared granular/ambient space sounds.
Electronic pioneers Portion Control return in 2010 with a new album entitled Violently Alive, the second one for Sigsaly Transmissions. It seems like each new release, every year, by Portion Control gets better and this is no exception to the tradition. All the songs are tighter and more focused, highlighted by clear production. In addition to the full-length album, the digipak will contain a link for a bonus 2-track download on their website presented in wave format. All the albums are available directly from the band on the website, which you can mix and match different albums for a decent price at good savings. It doesn’t seem like they are selling copies of their first album of new output, Wellcome from 2004. Portion Control is also preparing a digital download of samples and loops, dubbed “Operator”. “un-easy stressed material from the PC machines”. The samples of the songs I heard from the album on the site are all excellent and I foresee this album getting a lot of air time on my headphones in the coming months.
Tracklisting
1. Icon
2. Relapse
3. Skull Kid
4. Amnesia
5. Blood Loss
6. Addiction Rising
7. Rise
8. Waste
9. Guided By Fear
10. Extraction
11. Stealth
12. Swollen
13. You Hold Me Down
This is a mix I made, my first one actually, in late February, using some new software I purchased called Torq Mixlab, made by M-Audio. It’s an excellent and inexpensive setup to learn to use and have fun.
I compiled the tracklist at random in about 20 minutes. I was getting ready for a root canal and wanted to listen to some ambient music to sooth myself. I picked a handful of tracks that I wanted to listen to and hit record. There’s a few glitches, such as hitting the pause button on the wrong deck, and picking a song that was too short which ran out and left a several second gap of silence until the next track. Overall, I enjoyed it.
I’m pretty unimaginative when it comes to picking titles and so forth, so since this was my first test on the Mixlab, I called it Ambient_Test1. A free account for SoundCloud allows for 2 hours of uploaded material, so I made this one an hour even. Eventually, I’d like to take some ideas I had from this and expand it into a full, proper mix. Maybe I’ll think of a cool title by then.
The tracklisting for this can be found on the Soudcloud page.
Things have been quiet since the last album that Front Line Assembly has released, 2006′s Artificial Soldier. Rumors have come out about the forthcoming FLA album, tentatively set for a spring 2010 release date on Metropolis. Improvised Electronic Device will feature a collaborative track entitled “Stupidity” with Al Jourgensen of Ministry. Jourgensen will contribute vocals and lyrics to the track, dedicated to the memory of Wax Trax! Records founders Jim Nash and Dannie Flescher. Artist Dave McKean, who did past artwork for Front Line Assembly and Fear Factory, will provide the artwork for the album and its first single, “Shifting Through the Lens”. I’m not entirely certain if Rhys Fulber will be involved with the record, perhaps as a producer, but I’m sure more details will become available soon. I haven’t kept up too much on Front Line Assembly’s recent material so much and personally, I look forward to a return of the era of the 90s, from Caustic Grip to Hard Wired, (we’ll largely forget about Millennium, alright?). Overall, I’m interested in seeing how it turns out.
New stuff from the Principles of Flight camp. The end of February saw the download for their set at Australia’s Rainbow Serpent Festival on Jan 23, 2010. It clocks in at about 91 minutes and is available for streaming or free-download from soundcloud.com. Dark, pounding psytech.
Also announced, on April 9th, a two-track digital download EP will be made available. Five minute samples are available to hear on Myspace and soundcloud.com.
Principles of Flight most recent album, Chaos Opera, is still available at many online retailers.
Implant Code was a group from Croatia that released this 4 track maxi-single for the Minus Habens label in 1993. The first track, “Hyperspace Enter” was featured on the first volume of the classic compilation series Dream Injection. It is mostly instrumental, except for a vocal sample from an unidentified reading of two lines from William Gibson’s novel Neuromancer: “Lines of light ranged in the nonspace of the mind” and the phrase, “unthinkable complexity”. While this is the only release for the duo (it is credited to a third individual also, Vlado Knežević), a remix of “Pulse 01″ appeared on the compilations Body Frequencies and Outer Space Communications V. 2.01-T1. Both artists are hard trance / tech-house DJs and producers, with numerous releases throughout the 90s on various labels. DJ Mary is the more prolific of the two, with 5 12″ releases since 2004, and most recently two remixes for his new label, Audiometric Records. Mario K/K has a few releases in the mid-90s after this came out under a couple different aliases such as Syntax Morph and Future Shock Team.
