Take the kick drum out and see what happens to the euphoria. That was the question behind Utility, and the answer turned out to be one of the few genuinely new ideas techno has produced this century. Sam Barker works from Berlin in the Ostgut orbit, and the beatless-trance wave that followed him owes the record more than it has repaid.
- Number 157 on The 250 Best Electronic Albums of the 21st Century
Utility
Barker · 2019
2019Merit tier C
