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BARKER - Utility - Vinyl (2xLP + MP3 download code)
Sold Date:
January 10, 2020
Start Date:
January 9, 2020
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Free delivery on many items. Same-day despatch, no-question returns. Authorised dealers - full technical support. Online since 1997. Shop categories Information BARKER Utility(2xLP + MP3 download code) Ostgut Ton Germany
Cat: OSTGUTLP 32. Rel: 13 Jan 20
Techno
Side 1 - Track 1. Paradise Engineering Side 1 - Track 2. Posmean Side 1 - Track 3. Experience Machines Side 2 - Track 1. Gradients Of Bliss Side 2 - Track 2. Hedonic Treadmill Side 3 - Track 1. Models Of Wellbeing Side 3 - Track 2. Utility Side 4 - Track 1. Wireheading Side 4 - Track 2. Die-Hards Of The Darwinian Order
Alongside regular studio partner Andreas Baumecker, Sam Barker has released a swathe of admired singles and a couple of on-point albums on Ostgut Ton. Here he returns to the much-loved German imprint with his most significant solo release to date: a debut album of drowsy, sun-baked electronic positivity that expertly melds elements of hazy ambient, dub techno, off-kilter electronica and the classic kosmiche synthesizer soundscapes associated with Tangerine Dream. It's a lot less dancefloor-focused than much of his previous material, but that's not a criticism: indeed, the fact that it's warm, opaque and prioritizes fuzzy, slowly shifting musical movements is the album's greatest strength.
