Aeolus 14 Umbra b/w Crushed, by Hardsignal

Aeolus 14 Umbra b/w Crushed

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	1.	Aeolus 14 Umbra 17:42	info	buy track
	2.	Crushed 06:16	info	buy track

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The second-to-last entry in the original seven Generator releases recorded to reel-to-reel tape in the early '90s (GEN006 was the t-shirt). In those days, we were not bound by genre. It was our big chance to make records, so we did whatever we wanted.

This was the time of that first trance wave on labels like Eye Q, Harthouse and others. We were just beginning to get those records in Detroit. It wasn't DJ Tiesto/Paul Van Dyk-style "epic trance" yet, but more like techno only with more pads, flanges and drumrolls. I wanted to make our version of that kind of music.

"Aeolus 14 Umbra" was made by myself and Pen Jackson ("Ethan Nep Sevy") in a long, freeform jam. It was one of two times I made a track that way. The other was "Broadcast Test" with Woody McBride a couple of years later.

"Crushed" was all Pen. He was the master of those Soul II Soul/Enigma-type grooves back in the day. He would make them just to listen to in his car. So he gave me one to put on the b-side.

Colin Faver (RIP) in London and Sven Vath in Frankfurt used to play this record a lot. We really had reach in those days, and sold a lot no matter what style we put out.

This would be the last time I would collab with my old studio partner for various reasons. It's too bad we didn't stay together awhile longer. I made a LOT of garbage without him before I finally learned how to make music on my own.

This was also, as I pointed out above, the last of the reel-to-reel masters. We actually recorded to metal cassette, if you can believe it. Then I took the tape into Studio B at WDET after my show at 3 am (unbeknownst to daytime management, haha), and bounced it through the EQ to reel. But this was the old making-shit-happen-with-no-money-in-Detroit way. With the success of the label and my DJ career, I could now afford a DAT machine.

Hopefully next year we will be able to continue with the digital reissues of key Generator releases. I actually flew to Chicago to transfer those fragile reels there because I did not want to bring them back to Berlin. When it's safe to go back to the States, I'll mine more tapes from the archives.

Thanks for your kind support during this challenging year.

Alan Oldham
Berlin, 2020

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released December 4, 2020

GEN007. Produced and composed by Hardsignal
Mixed by Alan D. Oldham and Pen Jackson
(P) & (C) 1993 Generator Music BMI
Made in orbit above Planet Detroit

Original label design by e23/Dan Sicko (RIP). Original vinyl mastering by Ron Murphy at National Sound Corporation, Detroit MI (RIP). Digital transfer by Mystery Street Recording Company, Chicago. Remastered by Neptune Mastering, Berlin.

Note: The first six Generator releases are sourced from original, archival reel-to-reel tape that has been kept in room temperature storage for almost 30 years. Although they have been meticulously transferred to the digital format and mastered using the most current tools available, please understand that full digital quality on par with a modern electronic music release may not be possible.

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