Quadrant Dub

Critic Score
Based on 2 reviews
User Score
Based on 335 ratings
1994 Ratings: #161
April 1, 1994 / Release Date
EP / Format
Basic Channel / Label
Full Credits
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Critic Reviews

100
Sputnikmusic

Quadrant Dub is a hypnotically hulking slab of classic techno, to put it simply.

80
AllMusic
For this epic record of absolutely beautiful dub techno, Quadrant stretches the barest essentials for techno to their extreme lengths.
chaz
81

Love the very slow progressions of Basic Channel and most dub techno as a whole because you barely notice it when it's happening but the soundscapes from the beginning, middle, and end are very different. Even today this record feels ahead of it's time, cyberpunk soundtrack type stuff. Essential techno release even if I don't love the first half, it's just insane to see how hypnotic you can be while sounding so effortless :3

Houdanny
84

Textures upon textures, it’s techno at its most free and ambitious.

Standout: Quadrant Dub II
Favs: Quadrant Dub I
Least fav: n/a

OldTask
70

Dub 1 was decent but didn't grab me. Dub 2 is a lot more like it. Cool dreamy club track that one is.

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SillySally
84

Club music that in that setting probably works despite not taking THAT much of your attention, but upon listening in the comnfort of your home, presents itself with a ton of interesting intricacies. The production here gives us results somehwat easy to listen to and diggestable, but there's clearly A LOT more going on behind the curtains. The steady and slowly growing progressions mixed with the layers upon layers of sound result in an overall atmosphere for "Quadrant Dub" that ... read more

RocketK
74

minimalist techno which works great for studying. not much to say about it, which i guess is the point.

bobbytop
85

really nice stuff. i love how it keeps adding to itself, it really pulls me in.

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