B12 are one of the UK techno scene's longest serving and most cherished production units, playing a highly influential role in the development of what became known as IDM with their releases on Warp's 'Artificial Intelligence' series. Their location in Birmingham situated them close to the source of the first Detroit techno imports and their sound quickly assimilated the chiming synthetic soul and dancing machine beats of the Motor City into their own brand of UK techno and electronica. The first CD of tracks from the lauded B12 archive includes the seminal 'Musicology' EP under their early pseudonym of the same name, bearing the Rob Hall favourite 'Metropolis', the soul warming Carl Craig alike 'Obsessed' alongside 'Fear Of Expression' and 'Telefone 529', both highlights of their 'Artificial Intelligence' installment. For the hardcore fans there's also a couple of unreleased bonus cuts on 'Ming' and 'Eiyla', two lush old-skool electronica tracks that couldn't have come from anywhere else but the hands of B12. The second CD is another treat for any fans of the original techno sound, with all four tracks from the original 'Space Age' EP under their 2001 alias included in fully remastered glory, saving you from shelling out daft money on one of the super limited vinyl copies. Producers simply don't make tracks like these any more, and despite being completely of it's time, this stuff still raises the hairs on the back of your neck with synth induced ease, from opener 'Space Age' sounding like anything from Ae's 'Incunabula' or 'Rings Of Saturn' sounding like some skewed refraction of the Detroit sound in their inimitable style. The two bonus tracks were originally recorded in 1992, with 'Colloid' being worthy of note for sounding like something from this weeks Marc Houle album, only 16 years ahead of it's time, and a hell of a lot deeper. If you want to dig a bit deeper than your Artifical Intelligence albums then this is a brilliant place to start. Beautiful techno.
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