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HLT 006
Experimental dance music (I.D.M., electronic
dub, etc.) has spun many webs since its golden era during
Warp
Records “Artificial Intelligence”
series. A decade later this evasive genre and its spin-offs
show no sign of slowing down.
Enter one Ken Gibson,
long-standing figure in California’s electronic
scene. Ken’s list of projects is as credible as
it is diverse. Most notable are his leftfield 0’s
and 1’s as Eight
Frozen Modules (on Orthlorng
Musork - run by electronic luminary
Kit Clayton) and the dubLoner
project (Skor
Records) --- a musical, Basic Channel-esque
take on house you’ll find on the walls of shops
like Dance Tracks (N.Y.) and Wax in (L.A.). More recently
there’s the next level tech-house of
Premature Wig’s– “Endless
Dub” EP (also Skor). Here’s
what they’re saying…
"Ken Gibson has stolen the IDMobile,
smashed the “Warp” windows and ripped it
onto the freeway...I mean, it needed doing…”
- Grooves on Eight
Frozen Modules
“Brilliantly soulful… grooves
that evoke and funkif-y the Basic Channel legacy.”
- XLR8R Magazine on
dubLoner
“Deep electro tech-house. You
won’t hear anything like this anywhere. WORTH
CHECKING.”
- musicesp.com on Premature
Wig
For Hallucination Limited as
Reverse Commuter, Ken (with vocalist
Terryn
Westbrook) has come up with nothing less
than a refreshing take on the experimental dance sound.
While sonic reference points like Boards
of Canada (Warp Records) or
LFO's Mark Bell (producer of Bjork, Depeche
Mode) are evident, they’re embedded in colorful
dub aesthetics and the pop sensibility of artists like
Laika
(Too Pure Records) or Stereolab.
This is leftfield electronica with a penchant for setting
moods and cracking smiles.
The debut 12” is both the first
single and a teaser from the forthcoming album. “The
Direction” comes in it’s original
full vocal version before being reworked into sublime
tech-house by dubLoner. Then you’ll
find the futuristic hip-hop of “Dongle
Solitaire” before closing things out
with the resonating, electronic dub that is “Untouchable”.
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