Low Res - Approximate Love Boat (Plug Research)

Low Res is Milwaukee-based (via Hollywood and Tokyo) Danny Zelomky. Previously appearing as Crank on a Plug Research compilation, you may have also spotted Juan Atkins' Low Res collaborations on R&S and Metroplex. Approximate Love Boat, Zelomky's debut LP is 14 tracks of black-and-white suspense film electronica. The whole thing is a concept album based around the story of an abortive trip into space to collect sounds and substances from the planet Love Boat. But when our hero's computer crashed they had to recreate what they found - what we have here - an "Approximate Love Boat".

Convinced?

Nothing is more freaky than the track 'Sinister Ice Cream Truck' which, along with 'GeneK' and 'Field Holler', reminds me of the brilliant debut last year from City Slang's 8 Frozen Modules. Hiss, crackle, humm, beat and pulses - mixed in with dark tempo downbeat are the key elements that unite both of those albums. There is madness too – and, in tracks like Wag, Evansence (Reprise) and Anestheme, the Juan Atkins connections becomes crystal clear. 7/10


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