Bpitch Control has been around since the late 90s and was founded by Ellen Allien in Berlin. Since then, Ellen has compiled three albums of representative tracks that show the direction the label has headed as well as highlights some of the notable artists. Camping 3 is the latest in this series.
For those of you that have followed this label (as well as others like Kompakt) this album doesn't bring many surprises. One of the new elements at play here (as evidenced by the opening track by Jahcoozi and the later track by modeselektor) however is a more obvious hip hop influence. While this isn't too shocking considering the cross-pollination that has been happening of late across these genres, its an interesting turn for a label that has been pretty steadfastly in the euro-techno camp. Long-time label members Paul Kalkbrenner and Sascha Funke offer solid tracks with "Der Senat" and "I Love my Tent" respectively. I enjoy the work Ellen Allien has done with Apparat quite a bit, and the track "Red Planets" doesn't disappoint, offering the strongest selection on this album.
Overall this is a decent selection, albeit a relatively uninspired one. I feel like Ellen and crew are sticking too close to the status quo on a number of these tracks to really grab my attention as something I would want in the regular rotation. For newcomers to the label its a good introduction, but there are better places to start if you are interested in either more specific sub-genres or particular artists on the label.
If you are interested in more information on this album, click the album picture above to be taken to Amazon's product page.
Rating: 6.0
1 comment:
Hey Rob,
I saw that you're reading Fear of Knowledge and went and read the summary on Amazon. How is it? It sounds interesting.
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