Glitch
Out Of Sync
Reviews
- Option Magazine, U.S., May/June '95, Brian Less:
"Glitch's Dan Nigrin and Bump Stadelman marry the beat generation and
the dance craze by borrowing from Kerouac to start this CD spinning with
'The Beat': 'It's the beat to keep/It's the beat of the heart.' After
the last beat of 'Out Of Sync' fades, you should concur that this
Baltimore duo has created a keeper. Glitch agilely covers a lot of
ground. They tackle lilting, delicate and light pieces like 'Space
Shower', featuring mostly flat movement spiked with bouncy corn-popping
synth melodies, with the same panache as the beat-heavy updraft of
'Warning Track' or the whirling 'Motor'. Glitch's real talent is its
ability to stay focused and cohesive amid numbers like 'Human Freak Box',
which sounds like a marching band on speed, or 'Synaptic Breakdown',
which layers a sample of 2001's HAL over jackhammer rhythms that morph
into some incredibly undulating dance beats. Glitch has put out a dozen
or so releases on vinyl, tape, and disc since 1990, including two EP's
from Industrial Strength Records and an EP and LP from FAX Records.
Currently Nigrin and Stadelman are at their peak - and running Defective
Records, which supports their sonic research. Their far-reaching
talents meld pleasantly and should delight the trance-conscious."
- Fractured Mirror Magazine, U.K., 2/12/95, Gareth
Lancaster: "...It's crammed with 13 classy vibes. Some undoubted
highlights are 'Space Shower' - a track full of beat and percussion,
'Synaptic Breakdown' - once this gets going in full flow you can't help
but move to it, 'Black Sand' - a rich, slow, ancient sounding drama,
'Can Die' - a real moody ambient track (probably my highlight of the
album) and the short finale 'Hung Too' - full of mystic samples and
soundscapes. It's an album to hold you riveted for the whole 70:46 it
lasts, something that not a lot of albums can do. The talent is not in
question, and the skill of being able to transfer that talent into
albums is beyond reproach. I love it, and hope I can get to hear some
of their back catalogue - I'll have to speak to Defective nicely I
think!"
- Retina Magazine, U.S.A., Jan/Feb '95, Claude Willey:
"Baltimore's Defective Records has delivered the goods in the
full-length CD department. Here we see Glitch's many faces, and how well
the duo handle each shift in musical direction. 'Out Of Sync' will
remind many of Richie Hawtin's FUSE project, in the way it combines
trance-like styles with an intelligent injection of unusual sequencer
patterns. These tracks show that Glitch is the thinking man's techno
act, who is not content to spit out pointless dance floor fodder. Top
tracks include 'Synaptic Breakdown', 'Motor', and the tongue-in-cheek
'Human Freak Box'. Glitch also succeed when they throw the beat out,
and drift into another dimension with 'Black Sand', proving they can fly
with any style."
- Cradle Magazine, U.S.A., 3/22/95, Gregor Hoffman: "'Out Of
Sync' is a collection of 13 tracks by Baltimore-based duo Glitch, and
the package delivers an impressive array of techno-based rhythms from
hard trance modes to ambient. Suffice it to say, 'Out Of Sync' offers
70 minutes of styling and stimulating soundwaves...Here's a few of my
impressions: the first track 'The Beat' uses a Kerouac sample and a
driving beat and melodic tones to create a solid dance and trance
groove...'Space Shower' utilizes beautiful synthesizer layers and
ethereal vocal touches to propel the mind out into the deep voids of
outer space...'Human Freak Box' is a manic surge of energy that slams
you back into the body...'Can Die' is a haunting and evocative number:
melodic keyboards mixed with the thalassic sounds of an ocean tide
rushing in. 'Bang Bang Boogie' is delicious...it verges on being an
electro house track as it merges funky bass lines, a solid beat, tweaked
loops, and quirky vocal sampling for another eminently danceable track!"
- DJ Magazine, U.K., Nov/Dec '94, Technohead: "...Some
really cool experiments here with vocal samples trancing it up. You may
remember the 'Human Freak Box' 12" reviewed not so long ago, and there's
more to be enjoyed with the beautiful and mysterious industrial vocals
on 'Black Sand', plus more. A good package of electronic mutations. Check"
