{"product_id":"upsets-ducks-lp","title":"Upsets Ducks [LP]","description":"Having made his mark both with earlier releases and then his Areal label, Sebastian Riedl aka Basteroid comes up with the goods on his own first full-length for the label, Upsets Ducks. Aiming squarely to create a smart, solid album rather than either a collection of songs or self-conscious experimentation, Basteroid hits the ground running with the sleek \"16 Steps Away from the Stars,\" a moody combination of trance's immediacy and hints of industrial and deep dub, and from there Upsets Ducks barely puts a foot wrong. Skipping through a variety of styles without drawing too far from his core techno approach -- one of the more enjoyable efforts is the sly funk guitar on \"Alllright\" shading the basic rhythm rather than dominating it -- Basteroid is clearly working within a series of traditions he loves and knows well. His debt to Orbital in particular is fairly noteworthy -- songs like \"Jacktales\" and \"Pulsador de Alarma\" blend the same sense of on-point electronics and controlled quirk shaped into pop form that the duo did so well. Moments like the shuddering, skipping breaks towards the middle of \"Attention: Upsets Ducks\" show enjoyable variations on preset expectations, even while his knowledge of a perfectly straightforward beat and flow stands out just as strongly. Best song title -- \"How Not to Play Piano\" (which, of course, features no piano -- at least, no audible piano). [An LP version was also released.] ~ Ned Raggett","brand":"InnerSleeve","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41908507443365,"sku":"880319267918","price":23.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/6007\/1077\/files\/1dd649ccb8e4bcde031c14f0f5ad557d.jpg?v=1781175892","url":"https:\/\/www.innersleeve.com\/en-de\/products\/upsets-ducks-lp","provider":"InnerSleeve","version":"1.0","type":"link"}