Browse by Artist: ARCTIC HOSPITAL

Artist:	ARCTIC HOSPITAL
Title:	Citystream
Label:	NARITA
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	NRT 001CD

"Arctic Hospital is the icy pseudonym of US-based techno producer Eric Bray, and Citystream is his debut album release for Miami's respected Narita label. After a series of well received and dancefloor destroying 12"s, he has compiled the best of his tracks into a coherent full length which adeptly shows the breadth of his skill as a producer. Building on the glacial technological explorations hinted at in his moniker, Bray has forged an album which blends the emotion and epic vibrancy of classic electronic soundtracks with the 4/4 dancefloor crunch so many are eager for at the moment. Citystream is an album that can be enjoyed in two different environments, at home and in the club -- something which has proved evasive for countless techno producers in the past. The balance is notoriously difficult to uphold, but Bray has somehow managed it, and neither mood sounds jarring or forced. Bearing more than a passing resemblance to the heady Germanic club music that seems to be packing out trendy nightspots the world over, this album is certain to excite avid techno followers with its impeccably glacial production styles and dissonant clanging soundscapes and is sure to have followers shaking their boots in wild abandon. A deep record, in every sense of the word!"

Artist:	ARCTIC HOSPITAL
Title:	Infirm and Attentive
Label:	NARITA
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	NRT 004EP

"Narita from Miami rapidly established itself last year, with many commenting it was prompting them to take up vinyl deejaying again. Adam Johnson's 'Malk' found favour with the likes of Way Out West's Warren and Digweed, two different tunes going on to land on mix CDs by the both of them -- a fixture in many DJ's boxes. Two further twelves traversed the Detroit-Berlin-Koln-Tokyo axes of this confident young upstart, Apendics Shuffle finding himself at the sharp end of a sell out, and the Terminal One sampler introducing us to our cover star for this release, Arctic Hospital. Smooth and precise techno doesn't come much better than this: 'Cold Wrapper' has it all -- ancestral chords, a muscular bass presence and resounding drums -- palpably kicking. 'Siren on My Shoulder' possesses many of the attributes which made 'Malk' such a blinder -- aquatic dubby refrains, submerged gliding melodies and a building intensity filled with bumping body tempo changes which make for a perfect dancefloor friendly fit. 'Gift Horse' strips things back to minimal machine-tooled tones, vocal cut ups and an even bigger low end presence than before -- frighteningly good. 'Rotating Water' is content to bliss out in beat free heaven after three tracks built up such a head of steam."

Artist:	ARCTIC HOSPITAL
Title:	Metropolis Love
Label:	NARITA
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	NRT 008EP

"The mysterious Arctic Hospital returns with a prime slice of futuristic 4/4 goodness. Taking cues from the hazy neon cityscapes of Bladerunner or its namesake Metropolis, we are generously provided with four epic tracks oozing with sci-fi goodness. Kicking off with the dubby 'Our Metropolis' we are already propelled into the darker side of clubland; sleazy beats and narcotically enhanced synthlines forcing their way into the back door of the mind. Think underground New York clubs at 4am and you'll be on the right lines. On the flip we are treated to a remix of Yard's stomper 'Mitten' from his seminal Bloom EP; a crunchy electronic beast of a track, with a distorted beat more abrasive than unused sandpaper."

Previous Page Index of Artists Next Page