Studio 1 - Studio Eins

(Studio 1/Kompakt) CD
Last year brought the complete collection of Wolfgang Voigt’s material as GAS; 2009 brings us a reflection on his pivotal Studio 1 releases. Released in mysterious 12” title-less coloured sleeves & out of print on CD since 2000, Studio 1 was Voigt’s pre-minimal techno venture that pretty much re-defined what the genre could do. Much of what’s here will be sonically familiar to those in touch with contemporary electronic music, but at the time of their release in the mid 90’s, these dub-influenced framings of ticks, sucks, skips & pops were startlingly skeletal. Artists from Matthew Dear to Ricardo Villalobos owe a huge debt to these blueprints. In conjunction with his re-issued GAS output (originally released around the same time), and subsequently positioned with his founding of Kompakt (arguably the most influential label in contemporary techno), the release of Studio 1 should hopefully properly re-align Voigt’s status in the annals of electronic music with credited influential peeps like Richard D. James, Jeff Mills & Daft Punk.

Best listened to on headphones or extremely loud on your stereo.