With his long-awaited full-length album debut Repetitive Moments Last Forever, Andy Vaz, the man behind Background Records, A Touch of Class, and the Soundvariation series, now moves beyond the 12-inch format.
As a follow-up to the Live in Detroit CD, Repetitive Moments Last Forever downplays minimal clickhouse (even though there are references to it) and the free jazz-influenced experiments of the Soundvariation series for a unique and fresh house style that favours soulfulness and strong, almost old-school grooves over technical perfection.
Vaz cultivates a swinging, perpetually shape-shifting future-techno that reveals traces of hip-hop, broken beat, house, acid, and electro throughout the album’s eight pieces. As his first love is and always has been the deeper, traditional sound of house music (the fundamental reference for genres like clicks & cuts, minimal house, microsound, and others), it doesn’t surprise that the new album’s focus is house, specifically a deep and soulful version of it. What results is a very personal, multi-faceted collection of jacking grooves that pays tribute to the electronic sounds of Vaz’s past. There’s an appealingly loose vibe to the album, with elements constantly floating within an aquatic mix, bobbing to the surface for a moment here before just as quickly disappearing from view there (hear, for example, how the mantra “When I see you” surfaces and then fades away throughout “See You”). The collection is also distinguished by its sonic detail, like the snare slap that stokes the churning groove in “See You,” the bass-heavy, pounding lurch that barrels through “Washy Chords,” and the swishing noises, hi-hat patterns, and clacking rhythms that drive “Wish.”
Though the title may evoke Robert Hood’s Minimal Nation, the relationship between it and Repetitive Moments Last Forever isn’t musical. Rather, the connection lies in the fact that Minimal Nation, an all-time classic album and techno breakthrough, was produced very quickly and yet remains one of the most influential works of ‘minimal techno’ today. Instead of spending countless months polishing and perfecting his material, Andy likewise opted to spontaneously translate his ideas and thoughts into musical form, all of which makes Repetitive Moments Last Forever not only perfect for grooving but deep listening too. source: vazbit009 promotext
release date . march 30, 2006
label . Persistencebit
format . 2x12"
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- a1 . Wish
- a2 . Optimistic Grooves
- b1 . See You
- b2 . Places And People Change
- c1 . Repetitive Moments Last Forever
- c2 . Washy Chords
- d1 . Little Acid
- d2 . To A Better Place Not Far Away
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