Blackpepper
Disabled Algebra 1/3
FORMAT: 3" CDR
LIMITED EDITION: 100
RUNNING TIME: 16:40
CATALOGUE NUMBER: DirtyCDR 008
RELEASE DATE: March 2007
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Comes with spirograph pattern making set + hand drawn and numbered inserts by the artist and Cath Watson. Debut release from the master of twitched out breakbeat.
Playful melodies meet spazzed out broken beats. First in a series of three.
reviews
"The 'spirograph drawing making set' that comes as part of the release by Blackpepper is immediately confiscated by the younger generation ('nice dad, and the music is o.k. too' when asked to write a review).
I have no idea who or what Blackpepper is, but the music is quite nice. Lots of old fashioned sounding synthesizers (but no doubt coming out of a software packet) and broken beats, making in total three tracks that could easily be on Highpoint Lowlife or Expanding, save for the fact that it seems to me that Blackpepper has more pepper in the bottom, as things sound a lot spicier than is usual with lots of others operating in similar territory.
Three tracks, with a total playing time of nearly seventeen minutes, is a bit too short. Here I could have taken another three of such pieces, but I am told it's going to be on the next two volumes in this series."
- Frans de Waard, Vital Weekly 552
"We have a smart little 3" CD from Blackpepper on Dirty Demos. 'Disabled Algebra' is a wonky breakbeat 4 tracker that reminds me of Aphex at times. Quality mashed up breaks and that.
'Polygon Corn Flour Decay' has a cool squelchy analogue synth riff to get your brain dancing. Edition of 100 numbered copies with hand drawn insert and free 'Pattern Creator' toy which is like a mini Spirograph."
- Ant, Norman records
"Another quality mini-CDR from Dirty Demos this time providing a sampling of Blackpepper's twitchy and vaguely uncomfortable (in a good way) breakbeat. This is dance music for people who aren't particularly too keen on dancing as rhythms and melodies float in and out on a whim refusing to settle into a groove.
At different times Disabled Algebra reminded me of (amongst others) Boards of Canada, Matmos and particularly Pendulum but equally Blackpepper is very much its own beast and seems set on carving out a niche all of it's own."