If you want to understand the science of post-millennial electronic music, you have to be willing to do some math. Trevor Jackson's Output Recordings has risen to the top of the "now" imprint pile, re-inventing the sounds and spirit of
Joy Division (
Colder),
Liquid Liquid (
the Rapture) and now,
7 Hurtz takes in
the Orb's space-ghost electronica for all it's worth. Figuring out the cycle of genesis between 1977, 1981 and 1989 would require a level of social calculus akin to trying to understand the ending of 2010: The Year We Make Contact. Then consider the x-factor that half of
7 Hurtz, Lascelles, was a founding member of seminal acid jazz outfit
the Brand New Heavies and you'd be better off just leaving the question blank and enjoying the tickling hi-hats and groovy little electronic sweeps that form the closest bridge between here and Mars. ~ Joshua Glazer