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mecanica popular - que sucede con el tiempo - dead-cert - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Techno / Electro - Electronics

1. Galilea: Centro De Datos
2. Impresionistas I
3. La Edad Del Bronce
4. Impresionistas II
5. Quiero Irme
6. Siempre Tú
7. Modelos Existentes
8. Estado Sólido
9. Daguerrotipo
10. Plenilunio
11. Máquinas Y Procedimientos

Killer concrète grooves from 1984, as played by Beppe Loda at Typhoon, and including a remarkable Photek prototype. Edition of 500

Behold, a cultishly coveted slab of freeform new wave dance/tape music from 1984 Madrid, Spain, re-released by Andy Votel, Sean Canty and Doug Shipton's Dead Cert label.

Notable not only for including Beppe Loda's Typhoon favourite, 'La Edad Del Bronce' - which sounds uncannily like a cut from Craig Leon's 'Nommos' - this album also features the beguiling concrète funk of 'Galilea: Centro De Datos', which, by any measure bears a striking, prototypical resemblance to Photek's 'Ni - Ten - Ichi - Ryu' and has become something of an oft-asked about staple in Dead-Cert's polysemous, polymetric DJ sets.

Founded in 1978, Mecánica Popular was the brainchild of Luis Delgado (also a member of Finis Africae) and Eugenio Muñoz, conceived and nurtured during after-hours sessions in Madrid's RCA studios exclusively using tape loops only - no samples involved.

They did however, use an innovative set-up including a Polaroid 600 camera, an Eventide H910 Harmonizer, and the Arp Odyssey, all fed thru a matrix of FX, to make a wonky, clanking sound that could be happily compared with the output of Conrad Schnitzler, Chris Carter, Jon Hassell, or Kerry Leimer during that fertile early '80s era.