ATOM TM, "HARD DISK ROCK (DON'T STOP)"

Atom TM is yet another pseudonym for Uwe Schmidt, the uber prolificChile based German expatriate best known as Atom Heart (and betterknown to me as Seøor Coconut and one half of Flanger). "Hard Disk Rock"was previously released on Rather Interesting's "Real Intelligence III"compilation in 1998 and I believe this 12" was also released by SpinylRecords in the US in 1999. Now Australian upstart Vibragun has seen fitto put it out again as their second release. Side A has 2 four minutetracks of robotic electro funk with sliced and diced glitches, beatsand computer generated voices repeating the title phrases. The titletrack is especially fun and funky while "8-Bit Boogie" is less so. SideB requires a slow down from 45 to 33 RPM. "HD Endless" is much thesame, mimicking the Kraftwerk classic for nearly 12 minutes andculminating in a pseudo locked groove. Pretty cool, though I do preferSchmidt's work as Seøor Coconut and with Flanger over this.

 

samples:

• 8-Bit Boogie
• Disk Rock (Don't Stop)
• Endless

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