Parsec: A unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is one second of arc and equal to 3.258 light-years, 3.086 × 1013 kilometers, or 1.918 × 1013 miles.
Parsec is probably the spaciest release yet from Panacea's Squaremeter (m2) guise. Pulses and beeps drive the rhythm as Panacea still sticks to his guns, keeping the music basic, machine-like, anti-human and anti-software. It's almost as if the absence of sound takes center stage on this disc, since long delays and echoes are seemingly more prominent than the sources which were used to create them. While 'Parsec' is a stretch from the first couple releases on Ant-Zen and Mille Plateaux, the music isn't much different from the last year's "Kopyright Liberation." However, Panacea still utilizes various obscure KLF spoken-word samples intertwined with creepy science fiction influenced themes. Since that was a limited vinyl-only release, chances are you don't own it. New additions to the mix this time around include Middle Eastern-sounding vocals, analogue static and buried breakbeats. This disc is ideal for very loud volumes with all the lights turned off. If I didn't know Panacea to be straight edge, I'd swear this music was made for illegal hallucinatory experiences.
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