What are your opinions on this guy?

I recently picked up a copy of his LP, Incommunicado and it has literally blown me away. Tracks such as 6am, Don't See the Point, Ok, Chica Wappa, Recess... After hearing this album I also picked up the Chica Wappa EP, his remix of Slam - Bright Light Fading, and also his remix of Pete Tong & Chris Cox - More Intensity.

The sound is great, I can't get enough of it at the moment.

Also, can anyone recommend anything like OK/6AM?

You can get short samples of most of his productions here at Soma Records. Also, there are a couple of good samples at UK Dance Records.

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Originally posted by Clovis86 OMG I am teh ghey.

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He's definately a talent. His releases on vakant are all superb.

I think sortie is one that all the big prog dj's were playing.

alex smoke - sortie [vakant 001]

my personal favourite of his is

Alex Smoke - you're a bit rough [vakant 003]

Cheers, I'll try to take a look.

For anyone who is not sure who Alex Smoke is and like minimal techno, I definately recommend his recent album, Incommunicado.

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Originally posted by Clovis86 OMG I am teh ghey.

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Here is a sample of OK.

If anyone can recommend music in this style I would greatly appreciate it.

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Originally posted by Clovis86 OMG I am teh ghey.

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try artists like

michael mayer
robag wruhme or wignhomy brothers
Dj Koze
maetrik
alex under
akufen
oliver hacke
trentmoller

Last edited by chesco on Jun-24-2005 at 13:24

Another new figure to emerge from the minimal hype. Alex Smoke is a bit of a hit and miss character for me. He has some good things out like Telemetry, but then there'll be about a half dozen releases that are just plain boring. He has an album on Soma which I still need to check out further.

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He's one of the few artists from this scene that i can't really get into, can't say i liked much of what i've heard so far. However he had some remix with robotic voices that Zabiela played in his September promo mix i think, which was fairly good.

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One tune of his which is really good

andre kraml - Safari (alex smoke remix)

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Originally posted by Sand Leaper Another new figure to emerge from the minimal hype. Alex Smoke is a bit of a hit and miss character for me. He has some good things out like Telemetry, but then there'll be about a half dozen releases that are just plain boring. He has an album on Soma which I still need to check out further.

I liked Telemetry too. You should check out Incommunicado. I have the LP and recommend most of the 8 tracks that appear on
there. That is why I am here now though, trying to look for this sound.

Like you with Alex Smoke, I have trouble finding good Minimal Techno (if that is what it is) releases in this style, from other
artists. As chesco pointed out earlier, to check Michael Mayer. There are not many of his tracks that I have listened to that I
like. I trawl through quite a lot of samples daily of Techno artists and I am finding it difficult to find.

There is a good album from Adam Beyer called the Ignition Key (Tracks such as Ignition Key, Triangle, Truncated Truth, Second Surrounding). Much of this is what I believe to be quite minimal, but then 90% of anything else I find by him is quite hard & fast and doesn't interest me as much.

I have checked out some of Chris Leibing's stuff and can't really get into it, Ricardo Villalobos too, I like his Alcachofa Tools
but can't find much else. Carl Finlow has some decent stuff, but again there is quite a mix and difficult to find much good minimal.

I'm babbling now though, heheh.

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Originally posted by chesco One tune of his which is really good andre kraml - Safari (alex smoke remix)

I've only heard samples of this and it is decent. I am not particularly aroused by it.

I like Drama Society ft Turner - Crescendo (Alex Smoke Remix).
I like Wighnomy Bros - "Wurz + Blosse" - good call for them, looks promising as does Oliver Hacke!

I liked the sample you posted of Sortie too. That is exactly the kind of stuff I am looking for, but Alex Smoke productions are limited and I am wondering if there are any other artists out there with a similar sound.

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Originally posted by Steve Stephano I liked Telemetry too. You should check out Incommunicado. I have the LP and recommend most of the 8 tracks that appear on there. That is why I am here now though, trying to look for this sound. Like you with Alex Smoke, I have trouble finding good Minimal Techno (if that is what it is) releases in this style, from other artists. As chesco pointed out earlier, to check Michael Mayer. There are not many of his tracks that I have listened to that I like. I trawl through quite a lot of samples daily of Techno artists and I am finding it difficult to find. There is a good album from Adam Beyer called the Ignition Key (Tracks such as Ignition Key, Triangle, Truncated Truth, Second Surrounding). Much of this is what I believe to be quite minimal, but then 90% of anything else I find by him is quite hard & fast and doesn't interest me as much. I have checked out some of Chris Leibing's stuff and can't really get into it, Ricardo Villalobos too, I like his Alcachofa Tools but can't find much else. Carl Finlow has some decent stuff, but again there is quite a mix and difficult to find much good minimal. I'm babbling now though, heheh. I've only heard samples of this and it is decent. I am not particularly aroused by it. I like Drama Society ft Turner - Crescendo (Alex Smoke Remix). I like Wighnomy Bros - "Wurz + Blosse" - good call for them, looks promising as does Oliver Hacke! I liked the sample you posted of Sortie too. That is exactly the kind of stuff I am looking for, but Alex Smoke productions are limited and I am wondering if there are any other artists out there with a similar sound.

I've been listening to Incommunicado for the past 2 days now. I finally took it out of the cd player months ago and now it's back in. It's sort of hit and miss with me also, but some tracks are HITHITHITHIT. He seems to create a dark, brooding, warmly layered synthy, stringy full deep encompassing sound. I love his textures he creates.. that it's! the texture is almost drowning. I know exactly what you're looking for. Give me some time to look for adequate samples. And fill me in with what you've encountered due to the recommendations in this thread. hahaa a fellow Portishead! That explains why you like Smoke!

Slame - Kill the pain (Marc Houle vocal mix)

Andre Kraml - Safari (Alex Smoke tink mix)


Johannes Heil - Paranoid Dancer (Heiko Laux mix) !!!!! It's a crazed world of bumblebee's

Maybe you'll like those. After initially hearing the album, it really really reallyreally reminded me of Tipper's "Surrounded." Buy it now!

Tipper - Surrounded