Bretschneider & Deupree - Balance (Mille Plateaux, 2002)

mp3 | 320

"Having collaborated with SND on the second excellent ‘Blir’ EP and continuing to build up his body of work as Komet for the Raster Noton label, Frank Bretschneider returns with this fantastic joint effort with 12k head honcho Taylor Deupree. ‘Balance’ betrays much of the experimentalist tendancies of both these artists and instead brings to life a full and incredibly deep micro-dub machine. Bretschneider has always excelled in his intuitive understanding of low end bass constructs, ‘Balance’ entwines this framework with a glwoing series of textural spaces and rhythm structures lovingly offered up be Deupree. Calmer and more bass-heavy then snd, ‘Balance’ is a masterful and soothing exploration of minimalism at its most accessable"