Monday, November 12, 2007

M:I:5 - MAßSTAB 1:5 (1997)


PURE MINIMAL BEAT DRIVEN ENJOYMENT
ARTIST`````````````M:I:5
ALBUM`````````````MAßSTAB (1997)
GENRE`````````````EXPERIMENTAL/TECHNO/DUB
YEAR```````````````1997


MY VIEW:
All I can say is that considering the mainstream electonic music scene in 1997, this album should be praised for its bold ultra-minimal approach. Some songs are based on just one finely crafted loop of music that is literally repeated for 5 min, non-stop, without any breaks or changes and it feels + sounds gooood.

ALBUM REVIEW:
Yet another of prolific Cologne producer Wolfgang Voigt's guises, M:I:5 features his style of minimal bouncy dub bass beat techno that he would later further refine as Studio 1. Unlike the sparse palette of sounds present in his Studio 1 recordings -- strictly beats and nothing else -- Voigt chooses to integrate some colorful synth notes and other playful yet austere high-frequency sounds into the throbbing rhythms and creative structures of M:I:5. Following his debut on the legendary Structure label, Structuralism (later reissued on Auftrieb), Voigt has released his M:I:5 records primarily on his Profan label. In early 1998, he compiled much of his work under this guise on the Maßstab 1:5 album, released on Profan.

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14 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the download mate! Cheers

Bleeding Panda said...

Enjoy:) Great album.

Anonymous said...

Thanks a lot for this great album. It is nice to find people with similar musical tastes. Compared to the current state of electronic dance music this is gold.

Any idea on where I can find compilation Kompakt 1 on Profan. Thanks!!

Bleeding Panda said...

Tnx:) Its sad that this album has far smaller download rate that some other albums here but hey - at least someone is listening.

I have no idea where to find it. I'd like to have it also so if you come across it let me know. Greetz.

Anonymous said...

Cool, thanks for the download - I just realized that my CD of M:I:5 was broken and decided to search for the music somewhere.

Anonymous said...

Hey Panda stuffer,
to say thanks I ripped the Koeln Kompakt 1. It's here now:
http://uploaded.to/?id=xby07s

If you're interested, I also have the Kompakt Total 1.

Cheers,
K9

Bleeding Panda said...

Many tnx K9:))) I am downloading it right now, cant wait to slam it in my mp3 player:) It would be great if you could upload that Kompakt disc so I can make a nice post of it since I cant find it anywhere:) and I bet many people are looking for it.

Anonymous said...

So... here comes the Kompakt Total 1 as well:
http://uploaded.to/?id=psxrd4

I just stumbled upon your blog yesterday while searching for the M 1:5 and only had a glance until now - I like the wide variety of styles that you present here.

Cheers,
K9

Anonymous said...

Please!! can you re-up the link for Köln Kompakt 1 !!!

I'm looking for this album for such a long time.

Anonymous said...

me too

Frunt Room said...

hey mate, thanks for posting all this great music, we have downloaded a few albums now - If you get a chance,have a listen to our monthly podcast,Frunt Room, it could be up your street.All the music on it is is our own (bar a couple of stolen samples here and there!) The latest show is called "coma" and can be downloaded here..

http://fruntroom.podomatic.com/

cheers,Spike and Amanda

Anonymous said...

ace blog. big thanks for m:i:5. you rock man. nowadays minimal is fucking joke compared to mid 90's (imho)

Bleeding Panda said...

I agree - today minimal has nothing to do with the meaning of the word "minimal"...

Anonymous said...

yeah, thanks a lot. I own the vinyl edition of this record for years - one of the best records in my whole collection. now i became curious about the other tracks on the cd, and luckily i found your site immediately. wonderful.

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