mitek:	news products artists live distribution shop audio press contact	mitek22CD.LP -- mitek21DCD -- mitek20CD.LP -- mitek19CD.LP -- mitek18EP -- mitek17CD -- mitek16EP -- mitek15TS -- mitek14TS -- mitek13CD -- mitek12EP -- mitek11CD -- mitek10EP -- mitek09CD -- mitek08EP -- mitek07EP -- mitek06CD -- mitek05CD -- mitek04CD -- mitek03CD -- mitek02CD -- mitek01CD	Håkan Lidbo 06-10-60 ---------- 2002-05 ---------- ---------- Format: CD jewelcase Style: minimal-tech-funk Length: 60min Sleeve design: Stateroom 01. 06-10-60-1 02. 06-10-60-2 03. 06.10.60-3 - mp3 04. 06-10-60-4 05. 06-10-60-5 06. 06-10-60-6 Listen to this release in our mp3 shop at Klicktrack. One of the big names within the Swedish techno-house scene - maybe a surprise to find him on mitek. 06-10-60 is an exciting recording of minimal groovy tunes, shuffling and developing constantly, carefully organised and arranged - this is for sure a different side of one of Swedens most well known producers. ---------- What do we have here? A glitch-scape? We have here indeed, ladies and gentlemen, a sixty-minute trip through glitch in all of its aspects, by Håkan Lidbo, the man from Sweden who almost compulsively keeps on reinventing himself once in a fortnight. The glitch is slowly brought to life by slowly creeping ambient-glitch. Then the landscape unfolds with sputtering electro glitch and a light measure of techno-glitch. And we think that at a certain point we were aware of distant dub-glitch echoes and sweet vocoder glitches. You could say: that sure is a lot of glitch. But to be honest: we have been listening to it for about 50 minutes now and boredom has not shown his ugly face yet. Pure night music, that is to be filed next to Chain Reaction, Pole, Vladislav Delay and other soundtracks for movies that exist only in the minds of their makers. A fascinating journey through hypnotizing minimalism that keeps you on edge until the last glitch has died out. And all this time not a single beat in ear-sight. http://www.kindamuzik.net ---------- Alter Schwede! Ein richtiges Chamäleon, der Mann! Wo seinen zahlreichen Beiträgen zum Thema Tech-House immer ein gewisser extrovertierter Maximalismus zugrunde liegt, ist die Versuchsanordnung bei dieser unerwarteten Perle munter vor sich hin plätschernden minimalistischen Feinsinns anscheinend umgekehrt: Wieviel Booty-Shaking kann man in das Lüpfen einer Augenbraue setzen? Routiniert wie kein anderer greift Lidbo auf allerhand altbewährte Grooves, Sounds und Effekte zurück, in diesem Fall aus dem Reich der Knackser und Klickerer, kombiniert sie mit anderen altbewährten Effekten, in diesem Fall zum Beispiel mit vorsichtig gestreuten undgeschmackvoll zurückhaltenden Vocoder-Popismen, und haucht ihnen dabei nagelneues Leben ein. Bringt sie zum Schweben, ein bisschen, als hätte man, sagen wir mal, ein SND-Album kurz in den Brunnen ewiger Jugend getunkt und es dann unter einer Diskokugel ausgesetzt, nur um zu gucken, was dann passiert. http://www.groove.de ---------- Not actually a newcomer to the electronic world neither as producer, artist nor as remixer (Fatboy Slim, Ashley Beedle, Vladislav Delay f.e.) Håkan Lidbo presents here his own vision of artificial listening/electronic intelligence. 6 tracks, each 10 minutes long make 60 minutes (hence the bludgeoning original album title) - but actually there are no separate tracks, as the index points simply indicate concept. It's an hour of hi-tec equipment out of bounds, a carnage of sounds on the edge of commercial appeal thrown in a steady flow underlined by a minimal tech funk beat that never stays away for too long but could have been more savage and challenging for my tastes. The album is basically a producer's DJ mix with his own material but Håkan Lidbo plays it safely in the middle between dancefloor and home listening. The sound quality is perfect, cultivated through a technical expertise not splattered by the stench of leaving any gadgets rot in the corner. This has some of the clinical charm remeniscent of most Kraftwerk releases and will please fans of early Warp stuff too, though in comparison, it is a much updated, reinstalled and expanded version. http://www.brainwashed.com >> ---------- live dates