Bedouin Ascent aka Kingsuk Biswas remains one of the more enigmatic UK electronic music producers. Science, Art & Ritual was his debut album released on Rising High in 1994.The drum machine programming on some of his tracks is amazing, verging on the unbelievable. This guy was programming beats on vintage Roland machines that out-bizarre the chopped up laptop compositions of many modern "IDM" producers. Yet there is structure to all his work...even if you struggle to detect it until the track youre listening to starts to fade out!
His attention to melody and repetition is reminiscent in places of Steve Reichs minimal compositions. Patterns appear to move in and out of sync with the rhythm section, and harsh clangs and crashes juxtapose the sublime tuneful atmospherics. Its the kind of music that you can almost "zoom in and out" of - like a satellite photograph - either taking in the whole scene as it passes by, or focusing on the minute details.
| Ancient Ocean III |
| Transition-R |
| Polarity Healing |
| He Is She |
| Lost In Glass |
| August Light |
| Ancient Ocean II |
| Beyond The 7th Gate |
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