Ellen Allien & Apparat - Orchestra Of Bubbles (2006)

Ellen Allien & Apparat
Orchestra of Bubbles
Release date: April 16, 2006
Label: Bpitch Control

Tracklist
1. Turbo Dreams
2. Way Out
3. Retina
4. Rotary
5. Jet
6. Sleepless
7. Metric
8. Floating Points
9. Under
10. Do Not Break
11. Leave Me Alone
12. Edison
13. Bubbles

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Pitchfork (8.5/10)
Despite the enormous fluffy clouds of grain and reverb, the album never stops moving-- even the loosest of their bass lines work like billows to keep blowing things forward. (Occasionally, the funk is more obvious: "Floating Points" borrows its boompty from !!!'s "Me and Guiliani...", surprising as it may sound.) But they leaven their momentum with tentativeness, never simply pushing the beat toward climax but stopping to explore the little loopholes in time and psychoacoustic space. "Jet", the album's highlight, wants to have it all ways at once: a compact funk bass line below, misty pads on top, and then a nimbly twisting arpeggio that goes shooting through it all like a giant's vine. A high-pitched, trombone-like sound melts like hot plastic from unseen heights, and everything feels at once within reach and incredibly far away. Readers of Alice in Wonderland will recognize this symptom as micropsia, which might make sense: Allien and Apparat have burrowed one of the most magical rabbit-holes you'll explore this year.

Previously
* Apparat - Walls (2007)