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Number 99 on The 250 Best Electronic Albums of the 21st Century21st CenturyTier B

Solaris

Photek

2000 · acid house · minimal techno · drum and bass · ambient

Science · QEDLP6

undergroundchart-reachCommercial reach 2 out of 5, where 1 is deep underground and 5 is top-40.

Why it's here

Solaris catches Photek turning away from the surgical drum-and-bass precision that made his name, and his sense of structure survives it. 'Terminus' opens a record made by somebody who had decided the previous method was finished. Broken beat, ambient space and slower rhythms replace much of the old pressure. But the arrangements remain exact enough that even the drift feels deliberate.

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Tracklist

  1. A1Terminus
  2. A2Junk
  3. B1Glamourama
  4. B2Mine To Give
  5. C1Can't Come Down
  6. C2Infinity
  7. D1Solaris
  8. D2Halogen
  9. D3Lost Blue Heaven
  10. D4Under The Palms