Recon ~ White Label Deconstruction Mix
Londoner Chris Coode’s
output may be better known as Motion whose releases have appeared on Taylor
Deupree’s 12k imprint, but his music as Recon is every bit as interesting.
Recon’s White Label album which appeared a few months back on Highpoint
Lowlife was a fascinating collection of 12 shorter tracks (average duration
about three and a half minutes). It was a flinty, concentrated set of works
that could have been filed under techno, idm or glitch. Here was Detroit’s
generally glistening template corroded by salt winds, industrial effluent
and illegally dumped cfc’s. This Deconstruction Mix dissolves the boundaries
between selected tracks from the original into a single 15 minute long piece.
The result is a series of wasted atmospheres which hang like low clouds over
wintry wastes. Recommended.
Colin Buttimer
October 2004