the mantra from day one has been striking a balance between the nightlife sound system and the living room listening experience. time capsule celebrates ten years of this ethos in a gorgeous 10x7 inch boxset.
ltd nice price - twenty years after the 5th chapter, the story continues. chapter vi celebrates the very best of todays underground. limited edition 3xlp. twenty years is a long time. when xl recordings released the 5th chapter in 1995, the world was a very different place. tupac shakur was still alive, america was yet to elect a black president and the internet was just something youd read about. ecstasy, jungle and hardcore were shaping club culture in the uk and defining the way that a generation of youth moved, sounded and looked.
previously unreleased original 90s archive tracks from morphid (mephisto). classic deep techno excursions and moody downtempo electronics from lucid recordings in amsterdam.
colourful recordings welcome a new addition to the family with amsterdam crew dilated pupils dropping quantum space ep. a record setting a mark both sonically and musically with its warm thick sound signature and diverse track selection. if the a side is dreamy with floating textures and minimal grooves, b side is more earthy and straight up housy, yet still with a strong musical identity.
support by: anja schneider, karotte, steve lawler, nic fanciulli, darin epsilom, claptone, damian lazarus, magit cacoon, robbie akbal, paco osuna, chris fortier, noah pred, mihai popoviciu, pathaan, spektre, niconè, click + click, james flavour, gary beck, can -khan-oral...
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