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Number 227 on The 250 Best Electronic Albums of the 21st Century21st CenturyTier D

The Upward Spiral

Nicolas Bougaïeff

2020 · techno · experimental electronic

Mute · IMUTE618

undergroundchart-reachCommercial reach 1 out of 5, where 1 is deep underground and 5 is top-40.
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Why it's here

Continuous club pressure drives The Upward Spiral from the hardware outward. Nicolas Bougaïeff runs the machinery tight and functional, building momentum through repetition and incremental change instead of dramatic arrangement. Twelve of its thirteen tracks are other people's remixes. That makes the thirteenth the only place he answers back.

Tracklist

  1. 1The Upward Spiral (Overlook Remix)5:18
  2. 2Nexus (Sam KDC Remix)7:06
  3. 3Flying High (Introversion Remix)6:02
  4. 4Thalassaphobia (Dusty Kid Remix)7:16
  5. 5Inward Megalith (Jamaica Suk Remix)6:04
  6. 6Embrace Hope All Ye Who Enter Here (Janein Remix)5:55
  7. 7Nexus (Kosei Fukuda's Purified Recomposition)5:41
  8. 8Listen Carefully To The Heart Beat (Aoud Remix)7:51
  9. 9Inward Megalith (Chris Liebing Remix)7:16
  10. 10Thalassophobia (Benjamin Damage Remix)6:27
  11. 11Flying High (Introversion Recomposition)6:17
  12. 12Nexus (Din-St Alternative Mix)3:19
  13. 13Higher Up The Spiral3:16