Excellent new deep techno and electronic manuvers from this best-kept-secret Manchester label. This mysterious artist is a veteran of the Kompakt label's hugely regarded 'Pop Ambient' series. B-line is a presumptuous title, for surely the most central element of almost all music over the last 20 years has been the exploration of low-end frequency. Analog~1 subscribes both to the latest impulses of the Minimal Nation, yet utilising some classic outboard gear, to warm up the deepest of basslines in a manner equally at home early hours in the clubs of Detroit, London or Berlin. The effortless hi-hat splashes emit tell-tale shades of the Michigan masters.
