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The productions of Barcelona’s Alex Alarcon fit right into the Italic label’s luminous, minimal, streamlined aesthetic. This first full-length for the label as Sustainer fits both chronologically and stylistically in between Antonelli Electr.’s Love and Other Solutions and A Rocket in Dub’s If Music Could Talk, with melodic chords and dubby elements playing equally vital roles in tracks that only seem skeletal when you’re attempting to separate the elements as you hear them. Although the hazy, painstakingly applied textures and effects seemingly take cues from movements that crested in the early ’90s, namely London shoegaze (Seefeel, Slowdive) and Berlin dub-techno (Basic Channel-Chain Reaction). Alarcon’s tracks are as modern as they come and are hardly reliant on the past, anchored by the kind of fleet, feminine rhythms upon which Italic has built its strong reputation. Like the bulk of the best dance music coming from German labels in the early 2000s, the album is just as cerebral and contemplative as it is groove-based and fit for the dancefloor. Another positive factor is that its brevity — eight tracks, 40 minutes — makes it all the more susceptible to repeated plays. In a year that’s seen all sorts of dubhead micro-house producers bubble to the surface, Cuántico should prove to be one of the more exceptional sleepers.
MySpace http://www.myspace.com/sustainerbcn
The productions of Barcelona’s Alex Alarcon fit right into the Italic label’s luminous, minimal, streamlined aesthetic. This first full-length for the label as Sustainer fits both chronologically and stylistically in between Antonelli Electr.’s Love and Other Solutions and A Rocket in Dub’s If Music Could Talk, with melodic chords and dubby elements playing equally vital roles in tracks that only seem skeletal when you’re attempting to separate the elements as you hear them. Although the hazy, painstakingly applied textures and effects seemingly take cues from movements that crested in the early ’90s, namely London shoegaze (Seefeel, Slowdive) and Berlin dub-techno (Basic Channel-Chain Reaction). Alarcon’s tracks are as modern as they come and are hardly reliant on the past, anchored by the kind of fleet, feminine rhythms upon which Italic has built its strong reputation. Like the bulk of the best dance music coming from German labels in the early 2000s, the album is just as cerebral and contemplative as it is groove-based and fit for the dancefloor. Another positive factor is that its brevity — eight tracks, 40 minutes — makes it all the more susceptible to repeated plays. In a year that’s seen all sorts of dubhead micro-house producers bubble to the surface, Cuántico should prove to be one of the more exceptional sleepers.
MySpace http://www.myspace.com/sustainerbcn
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Hydrographic wrote:
Excellent !! :)
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calexicoca wrote:
This guy and Simon Bolivar are very good Dub Techno acts coming from Spain. Just keep getting us good music guys!
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napierdalante wrote:
mistrz
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GN_Project wrote:
Muy buen detroit!!
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ucbarcelona wrote:
Sustito ya andamos por acá también :D
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psy_dr3am wrote:
Monocromo EP ...is a goood tezhno EP...remind me to good old days...viva Sustainer !!
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sonicnoise wrote:
el alexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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mznu wrote:
ole! esos tracks para escuchar!!
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Hydrographic tagged Sustainer with dub techno and minimal techno. last month
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gor-z tagged Sustainer with dub techno and minimal techno. August 2009
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missenthrop added Sustainer to the lineup of Concierto/Audiovisual SUSTAINER + PLASTIKJOY at Miscelänea. May 2009
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napierdalante connected Sustainer to the group Underwater. May 2009
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MFakaNemo and minimal_sound added Sustainer to their libraries. April 2009
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eR99 tagged Sustainer with ‘dub techno’. January 2009
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ucbarcelona and sonicnoise added Sustainer to their libraries. December 2008
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sgt_walter tagged Sustainer with ‘dub techno’. September 2008
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