Off and Gone "Everest" Harthouse HH1026-2 1996 (72:56)
Gods Have Gone (6:53)
Everest (7:18)
Kopli (11:39)
Sprinkle (8:49)
Shasta (5:42)
My God (9:16)
Sigma Receptor (7:50)
Europia (7:15)
Phosphanes (8:14)
Off and Gone is Dan Handrabur and Phil Western.
Overall impression: excellent! Dan (Mere Mortals) and Philth (Download, Plateau) collaborate once again, this time as Off and Gone. "Everest"'s sound is in the same vein as Plateau's "Music for Grassbars" (only much more complex/textured), Download's "III", and those put out by Map Records (see the "Welcome to Lotus Land" compilation): lush, ambient techno. "Everest" remain consistent throughout though ... with the exception of "Sprinkle" (a wonderful beat-less shifting ambient track), the songs are based on mid to fast tempo bpm rhythms backed by first class, swirling, ambient synthwork. Excellent techno, I wish all "techno" was this cool and interesting. Be sure to also check out these similar releases: Phil Western "The Escapist" and Mere Mortals "Ethnic Dub Simmphony in Ten Parts".