Control Me Ep
LONG RANGE
Control Me EP
Released: 7th Dec on Pure Mint Recs Cat No: PMRDS023
Phil Hartnoll needs little introduction to anyone with apassing interest in electronic music. One half of the mighty Orbital, the groundbreaking electronicmusic pioneers who reformed earlier this year for a string of headlineappearances, he’s also one of the main collaborators in the collective known as Long Range with Nick Smith, James Day, Ben Burns, Will White (Propellerheads) and TobyMay.
Orbital, of course, reformed this year to headline astring of festivals – including the Big Chill, Global Gathering, Get Loaded InThe Park and Rock Ness. They’ve also played a slew of arena dates around the UKand beyond, and have been welcomed back to the fray like conquering heroes.
Long Range began shortly after Orbital split up in 2004. The Hartnoll brothers had been sat in thesame studio with each other for 15 years, producing a string of award-winningOrbital albums and singles, and wanted to try something new. Paul produced a soloalbum, while Phil teamed up with Nick Smith for the Long Range project – producing a critically acclaimed album named‘Madness & Me’.
QMagazine said ‘Madness & Me’ “Booms and thrills like classic Orbital”,while DJ Magazine said the album showed “Echoes of the euphoric glories of‘Halcyon’.”
Following this album, Long Range has expanded into a fully-fledged band and here release the ‘Control Me’ EP on Pure Mint -three slabs of intricately worked, varied techno music. The title track fizzesand squelches in all the right places, and features a sleazy male/female vocalinterplay on the theme ‘control’ – it’s either sado-masochistic,anti-authoritarian, or both!
‘Tools’, meanwhile, boasts glistening shards over alow-end gurgle, a track so intricately worked it could be a long-lost Orbital classic. Finally, ‘Flip’ is filmicand journeying, like the soundtrack to a French art house film. It’s a greatpackage, picking up the baton from where Long Range left off while Phil’s beenbusy with Orbital gigs and Nick working on film scores.
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