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Title: EP01

Label: Snork Enterprises

Format: 12” Vinyl

Cat.No.: Snork17

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File Under: Techno

Logo Side:

Info Side:

Release Date: 20.02.2009
track name duration (min.)

A1: 04 08:38

A2: 03 07:20

B: 04 (Hobo Remix) 06:30
info :

### is a new project from long time UK techno stalwart Mark Hawkins,
who has produced a variety of techno/electronic releases in the past on
many different labels, including Djax Up Beats, Mosquito, Neue Heimat,
Hoerspielmusik and Snork parent label Feinwerk. First featured on
Feinwerk in 2007, ### is Mark’s return to his Chicago/Detroit
influenced roots, mixed with a new 21st century flavour. Inspired by
the desire for deep, hypnotic techno-house grooves as an antidote to
both the mindless hard techno, mundane minimal pastiches, and
“experimental” for the sake of it music, that is so typical of the
current times. ### is stripped back to basics, in both style and
execution, with the music being produced mainly on old school drum
machines and synths, with track and release titles minimized.
Side A has two original compositions from ###, featuring bleeps,
cuts and hidden bass between clouds of wobbly sounds, with a nod and
wink to the original Detroit minimal legends, as well as current high
flyers like M. Dear and J.T.Cotton.
Side B gives us a deep cut remix by M_nus records boy-wonder Hobo
(Joel Boychuk, who is also one half of Tractile). Following on from the
excellent “From A to B” that was released on M_nus in December 2008
(M_nus 69), he brings us a great remix of ###..s 04, showcasing his
mind-blowing production skills whilst displaying definite old school
influences. He was so excited by the original tracks though, that he
also made a second remix of ###..s 03, which will be released soon on
Snork17r, EP01 remixes.
supported by:

Magda, Richie Hawtin, Tractile, Monkey B, Syntax Error, Norman, Mr. Statik, Tim Green, Laurent Garnier, Angel Molina
Contact Straight Distribution :

www.straight-distribution.com / fax: +49 711 33 69 30 9

joxe@straight-distribution.com, oli@straight-distribution.com; pash@straight-distribution.com
review from Wire magazine, February 2009:
###

EP01

Snork Enterprises 2×12″
In which Mark Hawkins, normally associated with harder
four-to-the-floor tracks, brings his skills to bear on more “mnml” fare
in an extended love letter to techno’s most basic elements. “04″ is all
about swooping high sine tones over the barest of kick and rimshot
shuffles, while “03″ explores how much a saw-tooth buzz can be made to
tickle the ear on a beat only slightly more present, and “06″ enacts a
series of transformations on Reese piano chords. Remixes of “03″ and
“04″ by Minus artist Hobo retain the key tones but crumple up their
patterns, recalling the complex of sliding reflective surfaces in
Cristian Vogel’s mid-90s output, while Hand On The Plow’s Spandex blows
up “04″ into a scampering cubist re-imagining of the earliest rave
tunes, a cutely vocoded approximation to the Golden Girls “Kinetic”
riff surging through it.

Joe Muggs