Status Narcissism by modernlove published on 2013-03-28T17:24:07Z A decade since his first productions as part of Pendle Coven, Miles Whittaker delivers his debut album proper for Modern Love. The intervening time has seen him forge a formidable reputation alongside Sean Canty as Demdike Stare, and with Andy Stott as Millie & Andrea, beside his operations in the hardware field as Suum Cuique, solo excursions as MLZ and shadowy involvement in the HATE project - all the while building upon his in-demand skills as a DJ of twenty odd years experience, accumulating and absorbing far flung knowledge of hardcore UK jungle, Chicago house, Motor City Soul, the obscure UK techno of labels like Radioactive Lamb and Irdial, Italian concrète, Synthwave and contemporary noise. Which brings us to 'Faint Hearted', the Burnley-bred, Berlin-based maestro's debut solo opus; eight entirely analogue constructions riding the wave from wormhole hardcore clatter ('Lebensform') to body-compressing subbass undulations ('Irreligious'), trekking through frayed techno minimalism ('Status Narcissism') to mind-drift ambient ('Sense Data') and what sounds like a Demdike Stare track constructed on a worksite ('Rejoice'). But if you ask us, the best bits occur right at the end, with the ominous bass, funereal strings and obliterated noise of 'Archaic Thought Pattern 1' or the field recording clangour of 'Queuing', and certainly the majestically gratifying yet subtly dystopian 9 minute closer 'Loran Dreams'. As an individual sonic statement, it's an evocative exposition of Miles’ love of electronic music in all its shapes, harnessing his fidgety production style into one expansive, restless set of tracks. Genre Electronic Comment by User 47180323 dead live 2016-02-15T20:53:41Z Comment by Jordy van den Aardweg OH YES <3 2015-07-07T12:38:42Z Comment by SUKKI YAKKI I can't even... 2015-03-13T10:40:58Z Comment by Jiří Lejček @xorko: výborný 2015-02-13T20:50:37Z Comment by ununseptium annex Choo choo! 2013-07-05T17:36:30Z Comment by Attack Phase Touche. 2013-06-14T01:06:02Z Comment by Fabio Vinuesa pam pam 2013-04-25T22:28:33Z Comment by society of silence like it very much! 2013-04-08T11:49:35Z Comment by Arlie where does the music come in... 2013-04-08T04:35:18Z Comment by Glowing Screens Pretty hypnotic! 2013-04-06T00:30:18Z Comment by mattikk dark 2013-04-05T11:27:55Z Comment by motoko.kusanagi booom 2013-04-03T16:54:46Z Comment by Bands great! 2013-04-01T23:04:48Z Comment by Not Alive Yet This is great Miles. wait for u back to prosecco-land 2013-03-29T11:46:30Z Comment by 1DAN dark tunnel 2013-03-28T22:27:09Z