Zenker Brothers - Cosmic Transmission [ITLP07]

ilian tape full lengths are the real deal.

Hopefully the music is better than the cover art.  

it's really good - a noticeable lack of breakbeats 

Liking this on first spin. You definitely want to listen to this on something with some bass.

That cover though..

It's out; I really like some of the tracks here, never been too keen on the Zenker Brothers but this one's actually quite good.

The latest Surgeon EP on Ilian Tape - Europa Code - is also very, very good.

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Ever since Skee Mask’s Compro, the full-lengths put out on Ilian Tape have flirted with atmospherics and aesthetic influences from 90s IDM, dub and breakbeat, but they have been still grounded in dancefloor-friendly techno. On Cosmic Transmission, this has taken a backseat, and there are few straight-forward tunes on offer, with even the more danceable tracks shying away from simple four-to-the-floor rhythms or song structures that would easily slot into a mix. A skittering, restless energy pervades the music on the record, where instead of settling into an expected groove, tracks will take on flights of fancy, introducing big hooks where you’d expect a track to be winding down or transitioning into an outro where an usual track would ramp up intensity. The tracks with the most conventional structures end up being “Transforming Well” and “Transcending”, both of which sound far closer to the cinematic trip-hop of Wagon Christ rather than typical Ilian Tape fare.

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Zenker Brothers – Cosmic Transmission review (Monument)

this is dope. surprisingly chill. 

  On 10/18/2020 at 11:22 PM, species8472 said:

this is dope. surprisingly chill. 

No doubt. 

Holy moly this one is good. Intense Incence a Jam on It remix???

One For All chanelling Plateau atmospherics.

yeah this is really great. not exactly what i was expecting - in a good way. 

Liking this (and I like the other Zenker Brothers stuff too). 2nd the subwoofer recommendation.