Apache 61  :  China Syntax EP  :  noep.02  :  4 tracks  :  released 10/02  :  £3.00 vinyl / £4.00 cdr

On this 4 track EP Mieko Shimizu takes centre stage to show the boys how to mash the beats with style and purpose, with a love of movement and brutal dynamics. Total entertainment for brain and leg!

Bedouin Ascent   :  Junk Force EP  :  noep.01  :  5 tracks  :   released 11/01  :  £3.00 vinyl / £4.00 cdr

Kingsuk Biswas continues his no-fi games with rhythms so irrational they playfully tease the linear structure of sequenced music to produce the exquisite effect of perpetual rolling. Spiralling currents pulled by ever tighter forces in an open field of possibility. Turning, turning... Lost forever in the loving warmth of urban noise and the sweetest tension.

While the whole of the dance arena concerns itself with the mechanical rhythm of propulsion - like drones synched to a universal clock, locked in constant forward motion - junk_force adopts a wholly lateral stance. Beats spiral, moving, at once, forward, sideways and backwards - like the adrenalin rush of a brisk young breeze, constantly changing direction - because there's just so much sky! Change is, ultimately, the only constant.

Bedouin Ascent  :  Science, Art & Ritual  :  RSN27  :  8 tracks  :  released 11/94  :  £10

First play rattles the cages and abandons any sense of complacency in moments. These are hard sounds, fierce drums, acidic squelches, and intricate cymbal patterns, juxtaposed with a degree of thought and imagination that could only have been dreamed of twelve months ago. Second play unsettles even more, leaving deep ruptures with it's use of African, Gamelan and Eastern textures. CDs and double vinyl now sold out, however high quality CDR reprints are available to order.

Bedouin Ascent   :  Music For Particles  :  RSN37  :  11 tracks  :   released 11/95  :  £10

11 tracks of crystaline UK techno from one of the true pioneers of the genre. Syncopated cuts and slices locked in immaculate freestyle jams. CDs and double vinyl now sold out, however high quality CDR reprints are available to order.

"Eschewing techno's four/four stomp, Bedouin weaves a mesmerising mesh of drum machine percussion, achieving the kind of body-confounding polyrhythmic density you otherwise only find in drum'n bass; meanwhile, melody is restricted to the sparest filigrees of arpeggiated synth. Somewhere between electro starkness and Brazilian shimmy, Music For Particles is maxi-minimalism at its best." [SIMON REYNOLDS]

Bedouin Ascent   :   Further Self Evident Truths  :  RSN102  :  5 tracks  :   released 04/95  :  £4.00

"Brimming with sumptuous sounds over a raw and disjointed backing to really atmospheric effect. Begins with clicky, bleepy bass before waves of analogue sound; the astonishing attention to detail that is the hallmark of Bedouin Ascent comes to the foreground - and you realise as EP is ending, just how clever this man really is!"


CDs now sold out, however high quality CDR reprints are available to order.

Bedouin Ascent   :   Pavilion Of The New Spirit  :  RSN84  :  6 tracks  :   released 08/94  :  £4.00

Awesome techno-jazz'n'ambience from the brilliant Biswas that obliterates most of this month's music. This will surely boost his growing reputation as one of the UK's most creative technocrats." [MixMaster morris].

"Free spirited music which certainly isn't afraid to tread new ground. This would surely appeal to anyone who respects the sort of pioneering stance adopted by the like's of Weather Report and Miles Davis in the 70s. Funky, avant garde, experimental 90s mutant jazz, this is brave, unsettling, uncompromising music."

Vinyl now sold out, however high quality CDR reprints are available to order.

Bedouin Ascent   :   Reconnect the Thread  :  RSN42  :  4 tracks  :   released 12/92  :  £4.00

The enigmatc debut release from Bedouin Ascent, way back in 1992. Now an absolute classic. Adventurously minimal Techno with a strong Acid undertow. Vinyl now sold out, however high quality CDR reprints are available to order.

"A very pretty four track debut playing around with ambient melodies, trance beats and muted breaks. Subtle and complex, the tunes build, flow and merge with sufficient intelligence to make repeated listenings a valuable experience. There are gorgeous washes of melody, faint Eatern voices, dubby warps, pipes and a strong selection of carefully chosen minimal details. Great for the more experimental floors and homes, an incredible debut!" [Tony Marcus]