It has been a long time coming but it is finally here, Binary Sequence – 66/31, the debut release on the Dark Arx imprint has dropped and is a very fine debut at that! It is reminiscent of all things that were great about Electronica in the 90′s with a big nod to the pioneering bass lead music now being produced in the UK. 66/31 would be more than at home if it was released by the infamous WARP RECORDS which is testament to the quality of production and hybrid of styles. If you like Autechre or are a fan of Boards of Canada, then this release is for you.

Here’s a little knowledge about Binary Sequence. Based in London, Binary Sequence has been playing, writing and producing music for 20 years. Before being swept up in the electronica of the late 90s, he spent years tackling the mind-bending harmonics and rhythms of 60s & 70s jazz as a saxophonist and pianist. While starting to write his own music, he began to explore the possibilities of electronic production and after much experimentation and refinement he has created a unique sound, combining dusty distortion with pristine production values. Sonic comparisons point to Pole, Dabrye and Burial – but Binary Sequence’s musicality is rooted in “Artificial Intelligence”-era electronica (Aphex Twin, Autechre, Black Dog).

Track 1, ‘Arc’, takes you on a hypnotic journey through the Dub-Techno sphere, mellow enough for your headphones yet big enough to hit your chest on a dance floor. You move through the spectrum with ‘Below The Ice’ which is more akin to Autechre and Boards, a spatial, gritty electronic experience, which I would say is a darker version of something you might hear on Four Tet’s definitive ‘Rounds’ release in 2003. Finally you reach the peak, in my opinion the track most likely to be heard at a GET SOME dance, ’66/31′. This one creeps up on you. It has been at least six months since I first heard this and I only got it a while ago. It has energy where it shouldn’t have and is dangerously dark. You can really hear the Techno and Electronica influences in this track, the way it builds, the layers that is has to it and the atmosphere it creates. I think this will be right up there in the end of year stakes when we look back at 2010 debut releases. Watch out for this label, big tings to come!

DKX001 by binarysequence

As always though, we have a little something for you. Dark Arx has complied a little promo mix to celebrate the mix and we have it here.

Dark Arx Podcast #2 – Binary Sequence by Dark Arx Recordings

Tracklist
Onoff – Distant Personal
Binary Sequence – 66//31
Flying Lotus – Dance Floor Stalker
Autechre – Garbagemx36
Lukid – Chord
Telefon Tel Aviv – When It Happens It Moves All By Itself
Aphex Twin – On
Pole – Heim (Fourtet Remix)
Burial – U.K.
Brackles & Shortstuff – Broken Harp
Binary Sequence – Arc
Scuba – Tense
Photek – UFO (J Majik Remix)
Binary Sequence – Below The Ice

If you would like to buy this release you can check it out at these stockists:
iTunes Store (Worldwide)
Bleep (UK)
Boomkat (UK)
Juno (UK)
Chemical Records (UK)
whatpeopleplay (DE)
7digital (DE)
Beatport (USA)
7digital (USA)
7digital (FR)
7digital (Ireland)
7digital (IT)
7digital (NL)
7digital (Sweden)

So hats off boys, I know how much hard work it has been to get this record out, congratulations and we here at GET SOME look forward to your next release.

Until then, PEACE&OUZO.

Tags: AUTECHRE, BINARY SEQUENCE, BOARDS OF CANADA, DARK ARX, dubstep, FOUR TET, GET SOME MUSIC EVENT, INFORMED LONDON, mix, MIXES, MUSIC, TECHNO, UK DANCE, WARP