These Hopeful Machines * by BT Reviews

These Hopeful Machines * by BT

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Audio Mixer: BT. Recording information: Halo. After reinventing himself as more of a headphone artist with 2006's glitchy album This Binary Universe, BT takes it a step further on These Hopeful Machines, an effort that breaks the two-hour mark with only 12 songs. If that sounds like the progressive trance version of Saturnz Return, BT's magnum opus does share some of the indulgence problems found on Goldie's epic, but this effort is much more humble. The driving force behind Machines seems to be the producer's love of freedom and exploration, as most tracks build, fade away, morph, and wander about with little care for what radio, clubs, or a major label might require. Fans who enjoy the glitch-meets-trance textures of Universe will find even more to love here, and more songs, too, as BT, the returning JES, and a handful of guest vocalists deliver the usual lyrics filled with modern mysticism. Riding "Suddenly" from its crunchy, avant opening to its Black Eyed Peas-like middle and onto its glitch-fueled ...
Key Information
Number of Discs: 2
Record Label: Nettwerk
Artist: BT
Album Duration: 112m:13s
Release Date: February 02, 2010
Subgenre: Trance
Genre: Electronic
Song List: Disc 1
: SuddenlyEmergencyEvery Other WayLight in ThingsRose of JerichoForget Me
Song List: Disc 2
: Million Stars, ALove Can Kill YouAlwaysNocturne de Lumi\nre, LeUnbreakableGhost in You