Manufactura v. Micronaut
Chris Randall's Positron Records is in the 3" business. Called MOTOs, the 3" CDs are tiny bursts of music -- the 21st century equivalent of the single. They are meant to introduce you to the Positron sound, to tease you with the collaborative possibilities, to offer you a tiny snack for those moments when you are feeling slightly peckish. MOTO004 is Chris Randall's Micronaut project slapping pads with KarloZ.M's Manufactura in a three round bout of noise versus beats.
Micronaut is a favorite when you're doing the home version of the techno rave-up, as this project is where Randall lets loose with his anthemic four-on-the-floor banging techno. Manufactura, on the other hand, is about two steps away from power electronics, banging hard in the Ant-Zen/Hands style of rhythmic noise. The two, together, find a common ground in the beat that makes your ass shake. While Randall tries to pull the song towards the dance floor with injections of sinous funk, KarloZ.M sets his own hooks in the rhythms and tries to drown out the happy melodies with bursts of white noise.
It's two tastes that taste great together when you get right down to it. From the head-nodding shuffle of "Cirujia" to the ambient breakdown of circadian rhythms caused by "The Death Touch" to the escalating howl of "Spinebreaker," Manufactura and Micronaut deliver twenty minutes that begs for more. I'm hoping this is just a trial run for a lengthier collaboration because what they've got here works really well. Damn fine, and too short.
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Posimoto! [2003]
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