PLACID ANGLES Vinilo y CD

Review: ***B-STOCK: Torn outer sleeve, otherwise in perfect working condition***


Under the Placid Angles alias, veteran Michigan-based producer John Beltran creates sublime ambient electronics which last year culminated in his third album under the alias for Len Faki's Figure imprint. Touch The Earth Remixes reins in some of the biggest names in house and techno for their take on selections from the LP. Berghain resident Marcel Dettmann brings 'Cha'kwaina' into slinky and hypnotic territory, while legendary IDM producers such as U-Ziq and Plaid take 'Beauty Begins With Us' and 'Natsukashii' respectively into new sonic realms, and Cassy's terrific rendition of 'Deep Blue' gets the Sunday night up at Panorama Bar treatment.

Review: "The Cry", John Beltran's 1997 album under the Placid Angles alias, remains one of his most beautiful, picturesque and well-rounded works. This belated sequel - the first Placid Angles outing since - is therefore hotly anticipated. It's wonderfully warm, melodic and atmospheric, with Beltran - a producer renowned for his ambient and techno works - expertly fusing elements of dreamy deep house, futurist Motor City techno, purist 1990s tech-house, early '90s IDM, rolling jungle/early D&B and intergalactic ambient techno. The result is a set of tracks so emotion-rich and evocative that you may want to marry it, or at least take it home to meet your parents. In a word: stunning.