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Artist:	SOLENOID
Title:	Sam Clam's Disco/Night
Label:	COMMUNITY LIBRARY (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	CL 006EP

"Riding out of the respected Community Library label on cruise control, 'Night Beach' is a slick 12" from one of Portland Oregon's finest producers. Also known as Brokenwindow (last seen mashing up tracks for Kid606's Violent Turd imprint) Solenoid has been releasing tracks for longer than we care to remember, and on too many labels to list -- yet this 12" is something of an oddity in his catalogue. A pure dancefloor excursion, it is clearly aimed at getting those feet moving, and using 303s and 808s in the way they were originally intended. If you fancy your house music a little bit funky, full of life and devoid of all the trappings of the austere minimal techno world then grab this with both hands and jive until your Mitsubishis wear off; 'Night Beach' is a true blockbuster!"

Artist:	SOLENOID
Title:	Supernature
Label:	ORAC (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	ORAC 020CD

This is Portland, Oregon based Solenoid's fourth full-length release. Solenoid is a well-established IDM producer who knows that you don't need new tools to tell new stories. Bold, speculative futures can be written with a pencil, or played on the piano. Solenoid's new album, Supernature, is made with a familiar palette of analog sounds in which the venerable 303 features prominently. But Solenoid finds new territory with these classic sounds, using his mastery of synthesis as a base camp from which to explore new ideas in writing and arrangement. Well-known in the IDM world from his full-length releases on Outward Music, Emanate and Hiao Hiao Hiao, Solenoid steps decisively into dance music with this release, and the results are like rare acid tracks from a parallel universe. There is solid dancefloor stuff here, as well as plenty of melodic, musical glimmers: take "Drack Soul," which sounds like the missing link between Alexander Robotnick and Kompakt-style neo-trance. Or "July's War Butterflies," with its crystalline synths and raw electro-techno beats which hold their own next to our favorite Drexciya tracks. Supernature is, on top of all this, a concept album. Each track is an exploration of an idea from Solenoid's sketchbooks in which he paints and writes about nanotechnology, genetic engineering, and future battles between Free Cascadians and corporate kings. The darker side of these speculations is evident in the interstitial "free electronics" tracks full of primordial synth oozings and piercing, ripping analog sounds. Supernature is a diverse, engaging album, with solid club tracks and free-electronic freakouts aplenty.

Artist:	SOLENOID
Title:	Reversesender
Label:	OUTWARD MUSIC COMPANY
Format:	CD
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	OMCO 007CD

"After countless appearances on compilations and several split 12"s, Solenoid (David Chandler) finally steps forward with a long-overdue full length. On Reversesender, Solenoid deftly humanizes swung clank from his machines to turn loose scores of strange ocean floor crawlers, where at first listen you may think you're moving smart, but really you're just getting down. Broken prog acid lines and sandbox melodies temper his elaborate epics of janky analog electro. With two other full-lengths out this quarter (Emanate & Hiao Hiao Hiao) one would assume overkill from a lesser producer but in David's case it will serve only as an introduction to his true capabilities."

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