Soundtrackloops Deep Space Ambient Loops

Great ideas never date, and Deep Space Network's music is full of great, well-realised ideas. This German duo's time in the sun was the early to mid 1990's - ambient techno/trance's first "golden age" - when electronic dance music was spreading around the globe and ambient and downtempo offshoots flowered in abundance. David Moufang (aka Move D) and Jonas Grossmann's short existence as a duo during this time yielded two fantastic DSN albums, as well as a number of fine collaborations. The debut Earth To Infinity was originally released in 1992 on the iconic San Francisco-based Silent Records…

Deep Space is a set of "compelling trance rhythms (and) expansive themes" from John Stanford. He juxtaposes acoustics and electronics throughout the set. They play off each other and sequenced rhythms run around and inside the atmospheres. The pace evolves into a techno beat. While the atmospheres and samples are definitely sci-fi, the rhythms ground the set and take it to a new ambient groove. In that style, this is a great disc. Overall, however, it is good. This CD will appeal to fans of the Orb, Banco de Gaia, Eat Static, and System 7.

The two albums I.F. and I.F. 2 (short for Intergalactic Federation) Deep Space Network made with fellow German artist Dr Atmo for Fax Records feature longer tracks, offering a bigger canvas for Moufang and Grossmann to work on. These are true collaborations with Atmo - a lover of shadowy, cosmic Eastern melodies and percussion - where the whole ends up greater than the sum of the parts.

The two albums I.F. and I.F. 2 (short for Intergalactic Federation) Deep Space Network made with fellow German artist Dr Atmo for Fax Records feature longer tracks, offering a bigger canvas for Moufang and Grossmann to work on. These are true collaborations with Atmo - a lover of shadowy, cosmic Eastern melodies and percussion - where the whole ends up greater than the sum of the parts. I.F. contains the extraordinary "Ten Waves", a 25 minute psychedelic blissfest of bleeps, radio & TV samples and spacey melodies driven by a tabla drums and a steady, almost jazzy two-chord progression. This stoned masterpiece was a staple in dance party chill spaces in the 90's and stands up brilliantly today, every bit the equal of other extended chillout classics of the era.