First of all: “Subjects of Assimilated Consciousness Vol. 1″ means there will be a #2 too! I mean, let’s hope there will be. So, that’s out of my system. Let’s dive into this because this is probably a release in a style you don’t get to read all too often about in VW. Totakeke is from NY and is active in music under four different names: His own name Frank Mokros, Ativ (a couple of releases amongst which an earlier 3” on Inner Demons), Synth-Etik (rhythmic noise recording on Hands Productions since 2001) and as you could have guessed Totakeke. Discogs’ description for this is ‘Totakeke focuses on the deeper elements of electronic sound structure’. There.
“Subjects of Assimilated Consciousness Vol. 1” is a one-track release built from three different ones, these differences are audible and definable, yet the single flow in which it’s presented is nice. “Reshapeable” is a slow-moving piece with broken beat patterns ending in chaotic voices and noises. These voices and noises are a perfect beginning to “In My Image, But Not Me”, which has a steady 4/4 to make it fit any dancefloor. “Staying Completely Within” is built from two parts, the first being ambient driven and atmospheric with subtle layers of feedback, after which broken patterns ‘join in the chant’.
This is some properly done rhythmic-based stuff interesting to people who consider a straightforward four-to-the-floor boring. Because, well, this isn’t that stuff.
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