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Performer: Patternclear
Title: Slowdown
Country: UK
Genre: Electronic
Style:EBM, Synth-pop
Released: 1992
Label: Not On Label (Patternclear Self-released)
MP3 album szie: 1483 mb
FLAC album size: 2873 mb

Tracklist

A1 Burnout (Payback Time)
A2 Hammamet
A3 Dreamscape
A4 Inertia (Six-Seven)
A5 Too Many People
A6 Storming
B1 Pipistrelle
B2 Yokohama
B3 The Time Before
B4 Waiting In The Wings
B5 Breathe
B6 Promised Land

Versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
VUZ 14d Patternclear Slowdown ‎(12xFile, FLAC, MP3) VUZ Records VUZ 14d Germany 2012
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PATTERNCLEAR combines PHIL CLARKE (ex- of STRESS & known for his solo recordings) with PETE BECKER of the newly reformed EYELESS IN GAZA) along with a few friends (MARTIN of ATTRITION; LIZ of EYELESS IN GAZA) who help out here & there.
Side one opens with "Burnout (Payback Time)" which uses LIZ S's voice to combined with what I'm pretty certain is a quote from "Predator" over a fast & energetic piece of EBM - something which could appear on ANTLER-SUBWAY without seeming out of place, it's adrenaline drive kicks up sparks & dust. "Hammamet" is a fairly changeable little instrumental, moving from minimal JOHN CARPENTERisms, through the "Terminator" theme to a more full, bashing & quick-paced Eastern-tinted piece, again with a certain punchy dance feel to it. Deliberately or not, the end has a drop-out on some of the sounds, although others pop in and out - perhaps an experimental piece of mixing - very odd if so. "Dreamscape" is familiar from the previous demo tapes sent out - a mild, medium-paced instrumental which reminds me a little of a cross between "Riders On The Storm" & a VANGELIS "Blade Runner" sound. "Inertia (Six-Seven)" is a faster, tight little EBM piece - not hard & heavy - I'd compare it to the lighter material from CLOCK DVA's "Buried Dreams" only it lacks even that darkness (I feel that the 'found' movie snatches have a similar atmosphere). There's a piece in this which might just be a quote from Blade Runner (Phil is not beyond quoting RUTGER HAUER - he's done it before). A gentle break midway explores another direction before jumping back onto the rails again, its BPM fast but not breakneck. "Too Many People" is another familiar piece from the previous demos - opening with a warm combo of violin-like synth against thumping bassline blends with chimes into a slightly trancy piece full of interesting sounds. PHIL CLARKE has learned his lesson re: his voice, here using it through subtle treatments & only adding it minimally, it has a fitting thin-ness - a deeper, more resonant voice wouldn't sit as well in a filigree frame like this. "Stormwing" closes side 'A' - an instrumental which grown slowly like a more moody-but-thin DEPECHE MODE piece with the beat taken away, or perhaps a mere recent OMD piece. It grows into an impressive mood piece with drums which almost sound slowed-down in it's ponderous prominade.

The 'B' side opens with "Pipistrelle", a slow rhythmic piece using their combination of semi-deep atmospherics with wire-thin keyboard sounds. It has a sound of dark texture (velvet?) over which is set sliver-thin shards of sound - at piercing as any bat's cry. "Yokohama" dawns with washes of drifting white noise, distant bells & fragmented sounds, turning into a catchy little piece with, yes, a degree of Japanese atmosphere, yet it doesn't hang itself on any cliche'd images - indeed the horn- like central sound has a slightly distorted, gnarled feel to it, giving it a slightly wild, unhoned finish. "The Time Before" rises up on found operatic voices, becoming another slow, graceful instrumental piece. As with most PATTERNCLEAR tracks, the lead keyboard voices are piano & chimes, here blended with harmonic voice chords, and held within, a sound somewhere between a birdsong & a snatch from the theme to BBC's "One Man And His Dog" . "Waiting In the Wings" is again a familiar piece from the demo. It's a medium-fast-paced instrumental which has drive, a decent tune & is effective for it's unashamed sinplicity. "Breathe" uses breathy synth sounds - some deep & booming, some like audio-fog, creating a slow dramatic rhythm with them through which grows another medium-paced, catchy dance piece from the mild end of BPM. Never overstated, it changes, building patterns, adding images, growing in warmth. "Promised Land" is a darker piece again bringing DEPECHE MODE to mind - a medium-slow pace gives it a slightly moody feel, serpentine sequencer & whispered vocals (interesting words) make this the most edgy track on the entire album.

PHIL & PETE have got it right here - time to move to a mere permanent medium - indeed, I feel this album could stand up well on vinyl or CD.

Originally reviewed for Soft Watch.