1994-1996

by Regis

1994-1996 cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: January 2012
  • Label: Downwards
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:16:32
  • Community rating: 3.88/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Documenting the early, foundational years of the Downwards label co-founder, this collection tracks the evolution of the brutal, minimalist Birmingham techno sound. The tracks utilize punishing, mechanical drum loops and suffocating industrial textures, stripping club music of all excess melody. It laid the groundwork for the modern, uncompromising UK techno landscape and established the artist as an absolute pioneer.

Genres

Descriptors: repetitive, rhythmic, instrumental, electronic, minimal

Tracklist

  1. Speak to Me (6:17)
  2. Model Friendship (4:32)
  3. Ital (4:14)
  4. Lapal (4:13)
  5. Point of Entry (5:49)
  6. Surface (5:02)
  7. Keep Planning (4:41)
  8. We Said No (4:46)
  9. Allies (3:42)
  10. Translation (4:12)
  11. Careless Pedestrian (4:20)
  12. Sand (5:51)
  13. Cold Water (3:56)
  14. The Black Freighter (4:01)
  15. S/He 1 (5:29)
  16. S/He 2 (5:20)

Credits

  • Regis - primary artist
  • Karl O'Connor - written-by, producer

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