Terminal11's music was once described thus : it's like hearing a drum machine for the very first time. This description does seem like the perfect definition of their sound - especially after listening to various compilation appearances - the term 'beats' is redefined by this sound maniac from Arizona. A whirl of samples, time lapse meters and black hole like compression of track structures - Terminal 11's sounds roams in an accelerated twilight zone where music turns into data and data turns into music. On "Fractured Sunshine" all this madness is present, but Terminal11 have straightened everything out a tiny bit. "Counter Clockwise Chant Pattern" has a song like structure - including a 'bridge' and some sort of 'chorus'. However, Terminal11 has re-built the patterns of today's popular music into something new. This release is far beyond 'academic electronic music' where only sound itself counts : You can always hear the human being behind the machines that are being pushed. Not 'easy listening' based on today's standards, but it is indeed ( machine ) soul music...
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