| 09 March 2011
After his first solo LP 'Solace' on Digibeat and a collaboration with Parallel on the 'AM:PM' CD, Nottingham's Eschaton returns with an 18 track 110 minute epic. The first part of a promised trilogy, Quantum 1 focuses on a blend of atmospherics and subtly glitched percussion, straddling the line between DnB and IDM.
A track like 'Non-locality' is closer to someone like Wisp than Calibre - the pads fade in and out of perception with only the odd piano motif adding to the melody, and while the drum edits are as complex as something by Sileni, this isn't breakcore agression.
The following track 'Quarks', a two minute beatless ambient piece, could lead the listener into thinking this was an album afraid of recognisable rhythms and beats, but 'Electron' has a vicious techstep beat underpinning muted horns, the think break pops its head up in 'Nucleus', and throughout there are beats that listeners of Martsman, Bop or Data would find interesting. The album is designed as a single flowing piece of music, and a two minute beatless intro is not uncommon.
Stream/Download at http://eschaton.bandcamp.com/album/quantum-1-quantization
