(2019) radius - interpolation tapes + obsolete machines


Review:
This mammoth sonic collection features the entire interpolation tapes series (0, 1, 2, 3), obsolete machines (alchemy vinyl masters + variant reworks) and the tape session remasters of obsolete machines [stage two] w/an unreleased mix by cv313. Includes both double CD albums and all 5 of the single CD releases including the vinyl remasters, nearly 20 years of recordings compiled into one collection. This is the sonic world of radius in its entirety, a deeper than the ocean floor sound experience unlike any other. As the sonic aficionado’s at Boomkat so eloquently stated, “Oceanic, intergalactic, timeless; total manna for dub house ambient fiends! Speaking of concealing brilliance in smoky space, here the principle is taken to far distant limits. Three tracks here are culled from Steve Hitchell’s cassette demos from the early 1990’s, led by the 16 minute “Ethersonic” which manages to be constantly shifting yet changeless, like the beating subterranean heart of a sleeping city; inhuman, incomprehensible, sublime in scale yet paradoxically comforting. Even by the standards of the Deepchord/Echospace axis, it’s a gorgeously enveloping embrace. The pleasure is prolonged by two equally long new remixes of the track by Hitchell and Rod Modell as cv313: they add watery sparkle and electric cracks, making new experiences that, while they can’t match the totalizing wonder of the original, stimulate other synapses. Of the two other old tracks, the distorting “Oscillation Range” in particular can teach supposedly lo-fi producers a thing or two about how much scope can be achieved with bare bones tech.





Tracklist:
1. interpolation 0.1 [cv313 redesign] (21:21)
2. interpolation [restoration 0.2] (16:36)
3. interpolation [restoration 0.3] (32:15)
4. interpolation [restoration one] (20:16)
5. interpolation [restoration two] (18:12)
6. interpolation [restoration three] (17:47)
7. interpolation [restoration four] (14:10)
8. interpolation [restoration five] (03:00)
9. interpolation [restoration six] (16:48)
10. interpolation [restoration seven] (05:49)
11. interpolation [restoration eight] (11:45)
12. interpolation [restoration nine] (11:10)
13. interpolation [restoration ten] (08:24)
14. interpolation [restoration eleven] (14:14)
15. interpolation [restoration twelve] (04:01)
16. interpolation [restoration thirteen] (22:47)
17. interpolation [restoration fourteen] (25:35)
18. interpolation [restoration fifteen] (24:15)
19. ethersonic [alchemy remaster] (16:51)
20. etherscapes [alchemy remaster] (08:29)
21. oscilliation range [alchemy remaster] (04:51)
22. ethersonic [cv313 reshape] alchemy remaster (18:02)
23. ethersonic [cv313 reprise] alchemy remaster (16:18)
24. etherscapes [variant reform] (07:57)
25. oscilliation range [variant redesign] (11:00)
26. ethersonic [variant reshape] (20:57)
27. soul rotation [variant dub] (20:11)
28. always dreaming [variant reduction] (07:50)
29. transverse waves [variant etherscape] (01:13:26)
30. transverse waves [tape master] (07:02)
31. the advent of babylon [tape master] (08:11)
32. always dreaming [cv313 reshape] tape master (05:42)
33. etherscapes [cv313 reshape] tape master (05:07)
34. soul rotation [cv313 reshape] tape master (10:14)
35. culture [cv313 reshape] tape master (08:39)
36. oscilliation range [cv313 reshape] tape master (05:10)
37. transverse waves [cv313 reshape] tape master (07:10)
38. always dreaming [stage two] tape master (05:34)
39. soul rotation [stage two] tape master (10:12)
40. culture [stage two] tape master (13:14)
41. interpolation six [stage two] tape master (16:48)
42. interpolation six [cv313 unreleased redesign] stage two CD exclusive (12:33)


Media Report:
Genre: ambient, electronic
Source: CD
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits