Porter Ricks – Biokinetics (reissue) review

It’s amazing how the passage of time clouds memories and judgment. Biokinetics was originally released on Basic Channel sub-label Chain Reaction back in 1996 and was the first long player on that imprint. Chain Reaction, like its mother label, is viewed as the originator for dub techno, yet as Thomas Koner and Andy Mellwig’s debut as Porter Ricks long-player reminds us, its expression and impact were much wider than that. It explains why the decision by ambient/experimental label Type to reissue this album is an unsurprising one and its reappearance serves as a reminder why sixteen years later, Biokinetics still resonates.

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