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𝘽𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙡 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝟭𝟰 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙚 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 '𝙌-𝙇𝙤𝙤𝙥' 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙮𝙡 𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 '𝙌 𝟭.𝟮' 𝙖𝙣𝙙 '𝙈𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙢' - 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 '𝘽𝘾𝘿' (𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟱) 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙣'𝙨 '𝘼𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝘽𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙘 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙡 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙨' 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙨.

The ‘Q Loop’ 12” was a very late addition to Basic Channel’s sacred vinyl catalogue in 2014, some 20 years since the seminal series had appeared to cease. To the relief of many BC and dub techno fiends, the 12” finally presented a full 14 minute version of the title tune ‘Q Loop’, which was previously only found in a truncated 5 min form on 1995’s ‘BCD’ release, and backed with two other formerly CD exclusives; the sublime, scudding chords of ‘Q1.2’, and iridescent greyscale ambient thizz of ‘Mutism’ - arguably one of the most beautiful, enigmatic, abstract dub works of all time.

All three cuts of ‘Q Loop’ were surely adored by anyone who owned the ‘BCD’ compilation, or loved the way Scion manipulated them into the unparalleled mix ‘Arrange & Process Basic Channel Tracks’, and, like many others, we can recall getting a right chuff-on when they landed. Now just shy of 30 years since their creation, all three parts are still untouchable works of genius; planting a flag in the space between kosmiche, Detroit techno, and dub, proper, that’s never been snatched, no matter how many producers attempt to.

𝟭𝟬𝟬% 𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡 - 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙤, 𝙙𝙪𝙗 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚.