Soundtrack [313]
Detroit Escalator Co.
Soundtrack [313]
Boomkat Product Review:
A truly overlooked downbeat Detroit classic receives its overdue second wind on a 25th anniversary reissue/compilation, newly expanded with further cuts from the short lived label, Detroit Escalator Co. Records
The main vehicle for Neil Olliveira - an original promoter of The Music Institute club (1988-89) and manager of Transmat label - Detroit Escalator Co. pretty much defined the Detroit beatdown sound with this, his debut album for Ferox in 1996. Alongside the likes of Urban Tribe (Sherard Ingram, Carl Craig, Anthony Shakir, KDJ), Detroit Escalator Co. adapted the fundamentals of Detroit house to slower, atmospheric templates which have been oft imitated but rarely bettered, bringing the 313 sound in line with deep jazz and electronica for home-listening rather than hedonist raving. Subsequent original releases and a classic compilation followed ‘Soundtrack [313]’ around the turn of the century, but Olliveira effectively put the project on ice thereafter, and perhaps understandably so, as neither he nor others could really improve on this sound - it’s simply seminal, spellbinding stuff.
Conceived as the soundtrack to night drives in the Motor City, the album surely evokes the 313 panorama of twinkling shoreside lights, glittering moonscrapers and urban decay with a display of elegantly melancholic, beautifully expressive synth chops and slow/fast grooves that conjure the feeling of glyding at speed. Together with subtly woven field recordings and supple instrumental touches, it’s all coolly future-proofed by Olliveira’s timelessly futurist soul, striking a sublime tension that lives up to comparison with some of the early-mid ‘90s greatest electronic works by Autechre or the Irdial label, and, of course, Urban Tribe’s classics for MoWax.
We can point to highlights in the skin-tingle sheen of ‘Gratiot’, the breathtaking soar of ‘Abstract Forward Motion (As a Mission)’, and the nimble proto-footwork of ’Shifting Gears’ or the ghosted deep techno of ‘Orange’, but it’s definitely best consumed in one go, preferably while bathing in the afterglow of a good night out or gazing from your inner city balcony. Now factored by contemporaneous gems from the same year, such as the effervescent ‘Psalm’ or the Innerzone Orchestra vibes of ‘Fate (As A Chasm)’ and aerated tumble of ’Stitch’, the pleasures of this album are only deepened, expanded for new generations.
A perennial essential in our books.
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Boomkat Product Review:
A truly overlooked downbeat Detroit classic receives its overdue second wind on a 25th anniversary reissue/compilation, newly expanded with further cuts from the short lived label, Detroit Escalator Co. Records
The main vehicle for Neil Olliveira - an original promoter of The Music Institute club (1988-89) and manager of Transmat label - Detroit Escalator Co. pretty much defined the Detroit beatdown sound with this, his debut album for Ferox in 1996. Alongside the likes of Urban Tribe (Sherard Ingram, Carl Craig, Anthony Shakir, KDJ), Detroit Escalator Co. adapted the fundamentals of Detroit house to slower, atmospheric templates which have been oft imitated but rarely bettered, bringing the 313 sound in line with deep jazz and electronica for home-listening rather than hedonist raving. Subsequent original releases and a classic compilation followed ‘Soundtrack [313]’ around the turn of the century, but Olliveira effectively put the project on ice thereafter, and perhaps understandably so, as neither he nor others could really improve on this sound - it’s simply seminal, spellbinding stuff.
Conceived as the soundtrack to night drives in the Motor City, the album surely evokes the 313 panorama of twinkling shoreside lights, glittering moonscrapers and urban decay with a display of elegantly melancholic, beautifully expressive synth chops and slow/fast grooves that conjure the feeling of glyding at speed. Together with subtly woven field recordings and supple instrumental touches, it’s all coolly future-proofed by Olliveira’s timelessly futurist soul, striking a sublime tension that lives up to comparison with some of the early-mid ‘90s greatest electronic works by Autechre or the Irdial label, and, of course, Urban Tribe’s classics for MoWax.
We can point to highlights in the skin-tingle sheen of ‘Gratiot’, the breathtaking soar of ‘Abstract Forward Motion (As a Mission)’, and the nimble proto-footwork of ’Shifting Gears’ or the ghosted deep techno of ‘Orange’, but it’s definitely best consumed in one go, preferably while bathing in the afterglow of a good night out or gazing from your inner city balcony. Now factored by contemporaneous gems from the same year, such as the effervescent ‘Psalm’ or the Innerzone Orchestra vibes of ‘Fate (As A Chasm)’ and aerated tumble of ’Stitch’, the pleasures of this album are only deepened, expanded for new generations.
A perennial essential in our books.
Boomkat Product Review:
A truly overlooked downbeat Detroit classic receives its overdue second wind on a 25th anniversary reissue/compilation, newly expanded with further cuts from the short lived label, Detroit Escalator Co. Records
The main vehicle for Neil Olliveira - an original promoter of The Music Institute club (1988-89) and manager of Transmat label - Detroit Escalator Co. pretty much defined the Detroit beatdown sound with this, his debut album for Ferox in 1996. Alongside the likes of Urban Tribe (Sherard Ingram, Carl Craig, Anthony Shakir, KDJ), Detroit Escalator Co. adapted the fundamentals of Detroit house to slower, atmospheric templates which have been oft imitated but rarely bettered, bringing the 313 sound in line with deep jazz and electronica for home-listening rather than hedonist raving. Subsequent original releases and a classic compilation followed ‘Soundtrack [313]’ around the turn of the century, but Olliveira effectively put the project on ice thereafter, and perhaps understandably so, as neither he nor others could really improve on this sound - it’s simply seminal, spellbinding stuff.
Conceived as the soundtrack to night drives in the Motor City, the album surely evokes the 313 panorama of twinkling shoreside lights, glittering moonscrapers and urban decay with a display of elegantly melancholic, beautifully expressive synth chops and slow/fast grooves that conjure the feeling of glyding at speed. Together with subtly woven field recordings and supple instrumental touches, it’s all coolly future-proofed by Olliveira’s timelessly futurist soul, striking a sublime tension that lives up to comparison with some of the early-mid ‘90s greatest electronic works by Autechre or the Irdial label, and, of course, Urban Tribe’s classics for MoWax.
We can point to highlights in the skin-tingle sheen of ‘Gratiot’, the breathtaking soar of ‘Abstract Forward Motion (As a Mission)’, and the nimble proto-footwork of ’Shifting Gears’ or the ghosted deep techno of ‘Orange’, but it’s definitely best consumed in one go, preferably while bathing in the afterglow of a good night out or gazing from your inner city balcony. Now factored by contemporaneous gems from the same year, such as the effervescent ‘Psalm’ or the Innerzone Orchestra vibes of ‘Fate (As A Chasm)’ and aerated tumble of ’Stitch’, the pleasures of this album are only deepened, expanded for new generations.
A perennial essential in our books.
Boomkat Product Review:
A truly overlooked downbeat Detroit classic receives its overdue second wind on a 25th anniversary reissue/compilation, newly expanded with further cuts from the short lived label, Detroit Escalator Co. Records
The main vehicle for Neil Olliveira - an original promoter of The Music Institute club (1988-89) and manager of Transmat label - Detroit Escalator Co. pretty much defined the Detroit beatdown sound with this, his debut album for Ferox in 1996. Alongside the likes of Urban Tribe (Sherard Ingram, Carl Craig, Anthony Shakir, KDJ), Detroit Escalator Co. adapted the fundamentals of Detroit house to slower, atmospheric templates which have been oft imitated but rarely bettered, bringing the 313 sound in line with deep jazz and electronica for home-listening rather than hedonist raving. Subsequent original releases and a classic compilation followed ‘Soundtrack [313]’ around the turn of the century, but Olliveira effectively put the project on ice thereafter, and perhaps understandably so, as neither he nor others could really improve on this sound - it’s simply seminal, spellbinding stuff.
Conceived as the soundtrack to night drives in the Motor City, the album surely evokes the 313 panorama of twinkling shoreside lights, glittering moonscrapers and urban decay with a display of elegantly melancholic, beautifully expressive synth chops and slow/fast grooves that conjure the feeling of glyding at speed. Together with subtly woven field recordings and supple instrumental touches, it’s all coolly future-proofed by Olliveira’s timelessly futurist soul, striking a sublime tension that lives up to comparison with some of the early-mid ‘90s greatest electronic works by Autechre or the Irdial label, and, of course, Urban Tribe’s classics for MoWax.
We can point to highlights in the skin-tingle sheen of ‘Gratiot’, the breathtaking soar of ‘Abstract Forward Motion (As a Mission)’, and the nimble proto-footwork of ’Shifting Gears’ or the ghosted deep techno of ‘Orange’, but it’s definitely best consumed in one go, preferably while bathing in the afterglow of a good night out or gazing from your inner city balcony. Now factored by contemporaneous gems from the same year, such as the effervescent ‘Psalm’ or the Innerzone Orchestra vibes of ‘Fate (As A Chasm)’ and aerated tumble of ’Stitch’, the pleasures of this album are only deepened, expanded for new generations.
A perennial essential in our books.
Pressed on heavy 180g black vinyl. Half speed mastering. Debossed sleeve. Includes 4 bonus tracks, a liner note by the artist, and photographic footage from his personal archives.
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Boomkat Product Review:
A truly overlooked downbeat Detroit classic receives its overdue second wind on a 25th anniversary reissue/compilation, newly expanded with further cuts from the short lived label, Detroit Escalator Co. Records
The main vehicle for Neil Olliveira - an original promoter of The Music Institute club (1988-89) and manager of Transmat label - Detroit Escalator Co. pretty much defined the Detroit beatdown sound with this, his debut album for Ferox in 1996. Alongside the likes of Urban Tribe (Sherard Ingram, Carl Craig, Anthony Shakir, KDJ), Detroit Escalator Co. adapted the fundamentals of Detroit house to slower, atmospheric templates which have been oft imitated but rarely bettered, bringing the 313 sound in line with deep jazz and electronica for home-listening rather than hedonist raving. Subsequent original releases and a classic compilation followed ‘Soundtrack [313]’ around the turn of the century, but Olliveira effectively put the project on ice thereafter, and perhaps understandably so, as neither he nor others could really improve on this sound - it’s simply seminal, spellbinding stuff.
Conceived as the soundtrack to night drives in the Motor City, the album surely evokes the 313 panorama of twinkling shoreside lights, glittering moonscrapers and urban decay with a display of elegantly melancholic, beautifully expressive synth chops and slow/fast grooves that conjure the feeling of glyding at speed. Together with subtly woven field recordings and supple instrumental touches, it’s all coolly future-proofed by Olliveira’s timelessly futurist soul, striking a sublime tension that lives up to comparison with some of the early-mid ‘90s greatest electronic works by Autechre or the Irdial label, and, of course, Urban Tribe’s classics for MoWax.
We can point to highlights in the skin-tingle sheen of ‘Gratiot’, the breathtaking soar of ‘Abstract Forward Motion (As a Mission)’, and the nimble proto-footwork of ’Shifting Gears’ or the ghosted deep techno of ‘Orange’, but it’s definitely best consumed in one go, preferably while bathing in the afterglow of a good night out or gazing from your inner city balcony. Now factored by contemporaneous gems from the same year, such as the effervescent ‘Psalm’ or the Innerzone Orchestra vibes of ‘Fate (As A Chasm)’ and aerated tumble of ’Stitch’, the pleasures of this album are only deepened, expanded for new generations.
A perennial essential in our books.
CD comes with Obi strip. Expanded edition with 4 bonus tracks plus a liner note by the artist and photographic footage from his personal archives.
Out of Stock
Boomkat Product Review:
A truly overlooked downbeat Detroit classic receives its overdue second wind on a 25th anniversary reissue/compilation, newly expanded with further cuts from the short lived label, Detroit Escalator Co. Records
The main vehicle for Neil Olliveira - an original promoter of The Music Institute club (1988-89) and manager of Transmat label - Detroit Escalator Co. pretty much defined the Detroit beatdown sound with this, his debut album for Ferox in 1996. Alongside the likes of Urban Tribe (Sherard Ingram, Carl Craig, Anthony Shakir, KDJ), Detroit Escalator Co. adapted the fundamentals of Detroit house to slower, atmospheric templates which have been oft imitated but rarely bettered, bringing the 313 sound in line with deep jazz and electronica for home-listening rather than hedonist raving. Subsequent original releases and a classic compilation followed ‘Soundtrack [313]’ around the turn of the century, but Olliveira effectively put the project on ice thereafter, and perhaps understandably so, as neither he nor others could really improve on this sound - it’s simply seminal, spellbinding stuff.
Conceived as the soundtrack to night drives in the Motor City, the album surely evokes the 313 panorama of twinkling shoreside lights, glittering moonscrapers and urban decay with a display of elegantly melancholic, beautifully expressive synth chops and slow/fast grooves that conjure the feeling of glyding at speed. Together with subtly woven field recordings and supple instrumental touches, it’s all coolly future-proofed by Olliveira’s timelessly futurist soul, striking a sublime tension that lives up to comparison with some of the early-mid ‘90s greatest electronic works by Autechre or the Irdial label, and, of course, Urban Tribe’s classics for MoWax.
We can point to highlights in the skin-tingle sheen of ‘Gratiot’, the breathtaking soar of ‘Abstract Forward Motion (As a Mission)’, and the nimble proto-footwork of ’Shifting Gears’ or the ghosted deep techno of ‘Orange’, but it’s definitely best consumed in one go, preferably while bathing in the afterglow of a good night out or gazing from your inner city balcony. Now factored by contemporaneous gems from the same year, such as the effervescent ‘Psalm’ or the Innerzone Orchestra vibes of ‘Fate (As A Chasm)’ and aerated tumble of ’Stitch’, the pleasures of this album are only deepened, expanded for new generations.
A perennial essential in our books.
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