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Sunday, 29 March 2009 00:00 Techno / IDM - (U.K.)  UK techno legends B12 are back! Formed in 1990, many first thought the duo hailed from Detroit, as their sound fused many of the elements of techno coming from the Motor City, alongside labels such as Transmat and Plus 8. Every record was hand-engraved in the run out grooves, with cryptic clues and messages, recurring themes of futurism and science fiction.
Artificial IntelligenceReleasing under a series of monikers, such as Redcell, Cmetric, and Musicology, their connections with Kirk DeGeorgio’s A.R.T. Records are well documented, each artist featuring on the others label, and even a pair of split 12”s with a label taking each side of the vinyl. The pair were also snapped up by Warp Records, featuring on the seminal Artificial Intelligence series and releasing two albums and an EP on Warp under the umbrella name ‘B12’ Then in 1996, with test pressings of B12-15 in their hands, they disappeared without warning or reason. B12-15 never made it to release. Forward to 2005. Illegal bootlegs of old B12 material are circulating – poor quality, without the engravings in the run-out grooves. B12 return to play a live show in London to a sell-out crowd (the bouncers had to stop queues inside the building) and absolutely blew everyone away, a decade away hadn’t dampened their sound one bit. The applause at the end was so overwhelming that the following act was forced to shout at the crowd to shut up and stop cheering so he could begin his set.
The future in 2009Now, in 2009, B12 have exactly the same goal as they did nearly 2 decades ago; to provide quality electronic music for futuristic feet and forward thinking minds. They have released the entire back catalogue, fully remastered and including unreleased gems, a new critically claimed album The Last Days Of Silence, several new 12” Eps, and have a brand new dancefloor-destroying live show, bringing the past into line with the present.
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