Electraglide Special with Luke Vibert
Luke Vibert doesn't like to stay bored for very long. As one of the many English compatriots (like Squarepusher and Aphex Twin) who rewrote the rules of electronic music in the early to mid-'90s, Vibert records relentlessly. Supposedly, he creates a track a day for weeks at a time and is always adding names to his ever-growing roster of aliases and side-projects. His drive and curiosity has led him to create eardrum-drilling drum 'n' bass sides as Plug, meandering funked-up instrumental hip-hop as Wagon Christ, and songs covering many of the areas in-between, with releases on just about every big label in England.
With his varied tastes and polished production skills, it seems only fitting that he eventually come around and revisit the acid-techno roots that helped inspire him to begin recording his own material so many years ago. 'Yoseph', his latest release and his first on repected UK label Warp is a piece of acid mastery that could be matched only by fellow Warp artist Aphex Twin. Luke will be one of the artists playing at the Electraglide events next weekend alongside Underworld, LFO, 2MANYDJs, Felix Da Housecat and Colder with Tomato providing the visuals.
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