Global Communication announce details for Back In The Box

NRK Music's much revered retrospective compilation series, Back In The Box, returns in May with a double mix compiled and sequenced by one of electronic music's most enduring pairs. Not just Back In The Box, but back together, Global Communication, AKA Tom Middleton and Mark Pritchard, reunite following a 15 year hiatus to lay down a collection of genre and era defining Techno and Electronica.

Following on from previous Back In The Box entrants (Dave Clarke, Joey Negro, DJ Sneak and Louie Vega), Global Communication dig deep into their record collections to revive forgotten gems, lost classics and personal favourites. A true connoisseurs compendium of records that helped shape the Global Communication sound. Concentrating on the early to mid 90s period of electronic music, their Back In The Box mix spans the downtempo atmospheric sounds to the cutting edge Detroit techno of the day.

A closer inspection of the mix reveals a journey of two halves, where the wildly experimental sounds and sparse, industrial techno dance beats meet the more reflective and intricate delicacies of the ambience and light breakbeats of electronica. Disc One focuses on the more dancefloor orientated sounds, opening up with a headstrong fusion of some of Detroit's finest music, courtesy of Jay Denham (Fade II Black), Derrick May (here with Steve Hillage's System 7), Kevin "Reese" Saunderson, Carl Craig's BFC project and Anthony "Shake" Shakir, interrupted for a moment by Detroit's possibly first, and only, adopted techno son (just popping over the boarder from Canada), Richie Hawtin, here with a F.U.S.E. classic. The mix picks up a pace with the hardcore assault of Lory D, Neuropolitique and DHS before heading for cruising altitude, with a clever re-pitch of Speedy J's classic "De-Orbit" and then heading into more melodious waters with gems from Flux, Balil, Florence, States Of Mind (Hawtin again) and touching down with some blissful techno from Robert Leiner.

Disc Two delves deeper into the electronic underworld, and whilst the BPMs drop, the intensity of the music never let's up. Detroit once again is represented heavily, but showing another side to it's often heavily guarded face. Rare cuts from Yennek (AKA Kenny Larkin, here remixed by Carl Craig's Inner Zone), Octave One (Never On Sunday), Reel by Real (yep, the one sampled by one LTJ Bukem for a d'n'b classic) and that man Carl Craig (Psyche & Urban Tribe here, Global Comm hugely indebted to this man) display more intricate possibilities to the sound, whilst a track from the 'Godfather Of Techno', Juan Atkins, ensures that the Bellevue Three are all here, present and correct (that'll be Atkins, Saunderson and May). The UK cannot be underestimated in this genre either, and fine cuts from our own 'Godfathers' (808 State) are sequenced with UK's As One (Kirk Degiorgio), Balil, Stasis, and the one who broke on through on his own terms, the uncompromising Aphex Twin. Ending the mix with the beautiful ambience of The Irresistible Force (remixing Sven Vath's Barbarella) and Global Communication's Incidental Harmony, the Back In The Box journey is one that transcends continents, tempos and quite possible brain cells as well

Back In The Box is released on a mixed 2CD, DJ friendly unmixed 2CD, 12" vinyl samplers, and digital album. Legendary scribe, Kris Needs, supplies the linear notes on the CD packaging. Release date: 30th May 2011.

Global Communication - Back In The Box (Mixed)

CD01

1) Fade II Black : The Calling (Reprise)

2) System 7 & Derrick May : Altitude

3) Reese : Just Want Another Chance

4) BFC : Galaxy

5) F.U.S.E. : Technotropic

6) Shake : Sonar 123

7) Lory D : Sickness (Sounds Never Seen)

8) Neuropolitique : Mind You Don't Trip

9) DHS : Number 9 Bad Acid

10) Speedy J : De-Orbit (TM Outer Limits Salute Repitch)

11) Balil : Nort Route

12) Florence : A Touch Of Heaven

13) Flux : True Feelings

14) Reload & E621 : Ptyzh

15) States Of Mind : Audio Q5A

16) Robert Leiner : Aqua Viva

CD02

1) Link - Intro (The Labels)

2) Ismistik - Flow Charts

3) Yennek - Serena X (Carl Craig Inner Zone Remix)

4) Psyche - Elements

5) Never On Sunday - The Journey

6) As One - Amalia

7) Aphex Twin - Tha

8) Stasis - Point Of No Return

9) Balil - Whirling Of The Spirits

10) 808 State - Sunrise

11) Urban Tribe - Covert Action

12) Link - Places of Origin

13) Model 500 - Infoworld

14) Reel by Real - Surkit

15) Ross 154 - Mayflower

16) Global Communication - Incidental Harmony

17) Barbarella - Barbarella (The Irresistible Force Remix)

Back In The Box minisite

Global Communication - Back Together for Back In The Box

NRK Music's much revered retrospective compilation series, Back In The Box, returns this Spring with a double mix compiled and sequenced by one of electronic music's most enduring pairs. Not just Back In The Box, but back together, Global Communication, AKA Tom Middleton and Mark Pritchard, reunite following a 15 year hiatus to lay down a collection of genre and era defining Techno and Electronica.

Following on from previous Back In The Box entrants (Dave Clarke, Joey Negro, DJ Sneak and Louie Vega), Global Communication dig deep into their record collections to revive forgotten gems, lost classics and personal favourites. A true connoisseurs compendium of records that helped shape the Global Communication sound. A veritable mix of delights is assured, spanning the downtempo atmospheric sounds to the cutting edge Detroit techno of the day. Concentrating on the early to mid 90s period of electronic music, expect to see and hear some familiar names from that golden era.

Global Communication's debut LP "76:14" ("Best Ambient Album Of The Decade" - The Guardian) has been one of the most acclaimed albums in the ambient/electronic genre since its release in 1994. A career that started in the South West of England, via some early liaisons with Aphex Twin, Middleton and Pritchard set up the Evolution/Universal Language imprints and have also recorded as Reload, Jedi Knights, Secret Ingredients, The Chameleon and Link & E621. They released the first sonic experiments with a certain Matthew Herbert along with a string of key releases from Gerd, The Horn and Danny Breaks.

More recently, Middleton has found great success on the DJ circuit as well as a "go to" remixer, along with his notable electronica meets classical performances and Lifetracks album for Big Chill. Meanwhile Pritchard has been busy with his Harmonic 313 and Africa Hitech projects for Warp and as a DJ has focused on playing the best of UK Bass music and it's roots. Cited as many as the creme de la creme of UK electronica, all these years later their groundbreaking sound and productions are currently being polished off by a legion of new fans, and the Back In The Box compilation will help fuel great interest in the music from that era and ensure it's influence resonates still in today's electronic music scene. Whether it's their collaborations, solo productions or selecting, you can hear it's still all about pure emotions in sound.

Global Communication - Back in The Box will be released on NRK Music in the Spring 2011.

Back In The Box site

Scope's "This Rhythm" out this week on Beatport

NRK breaks a long silence from the singles market this week, with the release of Scope's "This Rhythm". Available now on Beatport, and 12" vinyl (remember those things?), "This Rhythm" sees Belfast based Ric McClelland up the ante on the deep house sound, dragging some dramatic Detroit stylings to the proceedings, and featuring hypnotising vocals from Sandra Lima.

Remixes on this release come from Hamburg's Florian Kruse & Nils Nuernberg, and NRK headhoncho, Nick Harris. Both the remixes have been getting an airing recently from Mr. Richie Hawtin, and others to lend their support to the release include Doc Martin, Laurent Garnier, Jimpster, Osunlade and Ashley Beedle.

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Scope's "Omoplata" (NRK148)

Kruse & Nuernberg on the remix of Scope's "This Rhythm"

After a year long hiatus from single releases, Bristol (UK) based veteran house imprint NRK Music return with “This Rhythm” from Ric McClelland aka Scope.

With previous releases for Urban Torque and Plastic City, McClelland has established himself as one of the new breed of deep house producers, fusing the warmth and musicality of classic house sounds with modern production and arrangement.

“This Rhythm” is a shining example of McClellands approach to house, with percussion loops, Detroit string stabs and filtered chords all vying for attention while a subtle spoken vocal threads itself throughout.

Florian Kruse and Nils Nurenberg handle remix number one and turn in the sort of peak time mix the pair are known for. Firmly in the neo-Chicago realms of house, the mix builds with fluidity and uses simple but effective drops to make the most of the original’s chords and stabs. Already being played by Richie Hawtin, Doc Martin, Jimpster and Loco Dice, it's looking like this K&N remix will seriously kickstart the duo's production plans for this year!

Finally, long standing NRK A&R Nick Harris serves up an all too rare remix. Having been responsible for the development of many a big name in house music, Harris is about as safe a pair of hands as it gets and his mix more than proves that. Simple and effective is a suitable cliché begging to be employed here as Harris strips things back to drums and bass yet manages to retain the originals vibe through well placed flourishes.

This is a welcome return to singles for a label which has been synonymous with the word “house” for over ten years, and there’s more to come…

"This Rhythm" is releases on digital and 12" vinyl on 28th September. Check out the audio clips below....

Original Mix

Kruse & Nuernberg Mix

Nick Harris Mix

The Outer Limits

Part One (Side A)

Black Dog – Virtual
Baby Ford & Eon - Dead Eye
Maurizio - Domina
Infiniti - Think Quick
Basic Channel - Inversion
Kenny Larkin – Track
LFO V F.U.S.E. – Loop
Infiniti – Sunlight