Artist: Various Artists
Title: Double Down Compilation
Label: Merck
Item Number: MERCK 021
Release Date: November 1st 2003
Format: CD
Barcode: 6-73885-03522-3
The sixth compilation Merck has done to date, focusing on
exposing new and upcoming talent from the label, as well as
artists that you may be seeing more often around the scene. Its
one part Squadron and one part Aurora, but with several steps
forward, and readily harkens back to the sound and feel of the
early compilations on the label. Starting off strong and in your
face and then slowly bleeding out into some undulating paddy
ambient. Xhale’s upbeat cluttered style blends into Twerk’s
glitchnod idm, then rolling more around Sense’s emotive
paddiness, which then bounces into Pretty Boy Crossover’s
mellow bump-nod. The CD then takes a turn down into some new
and chilled out material by Tstewart (aka Machinedrum), plus
other lush ambience by Blamstrain, Sabi, and Semiomime, who
cover a wide range and scope of ambient sound.
LTD 1000
Tracklisting:
1. oblq - pain in my gulliver
2. xhale - paprika
3. xhale - your mind
4. twerk - dol
5. sense - naiv
6. sense - iksog
7. semiomime - mineshaftr
8. pretty boy crossover - skip rope
9. pretty boy crossover - autumn week
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tstewart - 2 is better than 1
blamstrain - misfire
xhale - middle fountain
sabi - colourblind
semiomime – cobweb