Plaform 23 is delighted to release a compilation across 4 EPs of the music of Dutch producer Robbert Heijnen (Psychick Warriors Of Gaia / SUMUS) - who was part of the post punk / alternative Tilburg music scene of the mid-80 - and his Exquisite Corpse project.
First appearing as a one off contribution to a Katharos Foundation compilation cassette in 1986, Exquisite Corpse was resurrected in 1992 as Robbert left PWOG to concentrate on solo music.
The first home studio sketches were developed as music to be incorporated in PWOG, the music was often having a more melodic and harmonic content.
With limited audio gear, much was created using tape loops and completed in parallel with mixing desk master, engineer and friend, Tim Freeman, as well as with contributions from partner Debbie Jones (The Mistress/DJ Venus). Released on Dutch label KK Records, the tracks included in these 12”s are taken from a furtive two year period that saw six EPs and three LPs released.
Starting with Inner Rhythm (Higher World Mix), taken from 1993’s Inner Rhythm EP, Between Rhythms I starts with intent. Crisp percussion, relentless and interwoven sequences abound over a dark bassline, before the dub meet world sounds of Kupuri show the depth of EC’s outlook.
This is backed by the rawness of X-Out from 1992’s Strange Attractor EP. Recorded to cassette before Tim joined the project, the guttural bass and sharp percussion cross boundaries between house and techno. This deep tribal sound, full of pulsing drums hightlights a sharper angle from much of EC’s output and as such, is a pure club machine.
The first EP closes with Sitting In A Tree (Time Flies). The first track to be taken from their debut album, Dream Night Dance Music, the album is rightly considered their strongest, more rounded record, seeing it now trading at spiralled prices. With all 6 of it’s songs to be covered across the 12” series, the ambient influences and yearning keys here make for a perfect, first ending.
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