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The bootstrapping project ended up as two seperately released twelve inches after having been planned as a double LP sampler for the newly born Eat Concrete label. All tracks were produced by a network of friends who have been involved in electronic music for quite a few years, the records being compiled by Eat Concrete founder Pete Concrete.

The first part, Bootstrapping 1.1, offers some real nice electronica, greatly inspired by early Chicago, Detroit and the so called ‘Intelligent’ dance movement of the early nineties.
ATeeze’s ‘Atlanta Carbon’ starts off with a fresh chord, followed by a funky bassline, crisp drumsounds, altogether bringing a positive vibe to move along.
Brian Chinetti aka Orgue Electronique, known for his affection for early Chicago house tracks, offers ‘On a String’, an instant classic and one of his finest pieces of 707-style programming so far.
Evan Odd’s ‘ichi’ is quite a different story. It's a rich production filled with eastern vocals, crystal bells and warm arpeggio's, giving it a colourful, almost magical apearance.
On the other side we meet Ro Lee and his ‘Secret Pass Of Mt. Taishan’. This track reveals a whole new musical world, highly original, tightly produced and impossible to unfold in one go.
The last track is called ‘I’m Your Pusher’, produced by The Freak With Thousand E’s. It’s a genuine dancefloor favourite, it’s catchy vocals rambling on and on , carried by a fat warm 808 and off course, the running 303 acid bassline.

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Part two of the bootsrapping project leaves daylight behind and goes underground. Robbert Latumahina aka Sensory Overload immediately sets the score with his futuristic Andomeda Strain. The repeating sample and arpeggio's suggest a feeling of being chased, it’s staccato drums indicating that running would be the best option.
Mononom delivers ‘Shrinking’, which, despite being uptempo, is a rather comfortable track with lot’s of color, squeaky synths and stereo effects filling the room.
Ricercar’s ‘MS Team’ has a more analog feel to it. A fast and distinctive rhyhtm that builds up along several didgeridoo-like sounding synths, giving it an introvert, almost tribal sense.

On the other side we have Swonkdog’s ‘Chronicles of a Batcave”. This beautifully dark track runs for almost fourteen minutes without one second sounding like it could be omitted, that being an achievement in it’s own right. ‘Chronicles..’ is a dark and deep story, passing through several contrasting stages, breaks and climaxes, all there with a reason, making the journey more majestic with every beat that hammers on. This song is reminiscent to the best work of heroes like Locust, Scorn, perhaps Coil. A seriously impressive first release track.


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