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Electronica
Release Date: 06/24/2008
During the mid-'90s,
Wagon Christ fans wearing out their copies of
Throbbing Pouch were pleased to find a previous LP by
Luke Vibert out there. This one, titled
Weirs, had been released on
Rephlex in 1993 under the name
Vibert/Simmonds. (
Simmonds was
Jeremy Simmonds, who also recorded as
Voafose and who later hooked up briefly with
Boymerang.) Nigh on 15 years later, another one appeared, although
Rodulate features only old and unreleased recordings. That's no bad thing, however, since
Weirs was such a good fusion of
Vibert's beat-mad excursions with the acid techno of
Simmonds and
Rephlex material in general. The tracks here don't have the feel of leftovers at all; they're at least as fun as the tracks on
Weirs, and in many cases, better. They find
Vibert and
Simmonds balancing the machine-soul synth of early British techno and the squelchy breakbeat of
Wagon Christ material, along with the same anything-goes flair and trippy weirdness of
Throbbing Pouch. Not one track conforms to the techno blueprint, not the distorted acid techno of
"Rodulate"; not
"Space Mist," an excellent piece of proto-jungle that sounds more like
Vibert's
other project,
Plug's
Drum'n'Bass for Papa; and certainly not the helium-voiced British rap of
"Room 28 Rap." Here's the highest praise: if it had been released directly after its recording, it would likely have been (and would still be) hailed as a classic on the level of
Throbbing Pouch.
~John Bush, All Music Guide
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