GLASS DOMAIN: Glass Domain EP 12" (CLONE)

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GLASS DOMAIN: Glass Domain EP 12" (CLONE) $8.75
"Cult classic on Clone. The very first release by Heinrich Mueller which unfortunatly never officialy has been released. Produced in 1991 and pressed on a limited clear vinyl test pressings of 300 copies which only was given away and sold to friends in local record stores. Lucky enough Clone was able to lay their hands on this classic recording before it got lost. Four tracks made by a producer (or producers?) who can be seen as the most obscurest from Detroit. Even close friends are not getting information on what he or they are doing and what he produces. Only freaks can tell by recognizing his sounds what else he or they produced (some online magazines and discographies like www.discogs.com are drawing lines from Drexciya, Dopplereffekt, Der Zyklus, Japananese Telecom to Heinrich Mueller/ Glass Domain). We think it is impossible that one guy is able to do so many great releases, but if its true we are sure he must be a saint send by a higher spirit to bring joy to this world. Glass Domain is the strangest but therefore coolest record especially if you think it has been produced in a period everybody into electronical music tried to make a dance hit instead of exploring new sounds and personal expression."

(A1 "Shatterprone" sounds like Visage's Frequency 7 with banging drexciyan 808's taking in the slack. A2 and B1 are not worth mentioning. B2 "Interlock" sounds like a DX100 synthpop jam by way of Detroit circa 88, this track would not be out of place next to Your Love by Jamie Principle or Triangle of Love by Kreem on a mixtape.)

Nihilist Pop Star (mjt), Monday, 1 December 2003 03:21 (twenty-two years ago)

THe clear vinyl makes it a cool thing to have. Must admit that I only really love A1. B2 is nice. Now that Mice Or Cyborg album, that's another ballpark!

Omar (Omar), Monday, 1 December 2003 14:27 (twenty-two years ago)

shit, i thought shatterprone was kinda thuggish but went nowhere. interlock is sweet. maybe not as steeped in history/mystery but some of the stuff on klakson is really infectious electro, the bangkok impact 12 is bumpin'.

nebbesh (nebbesh), Monday, 1 December 2003 14:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Okay as much as I respect Drexciya's whole secrecy thing- I thing the cat was let out of the bag a while ago - especially with the unfortunate passing of James Stinson last year. So as far as I know - Glass Domain is the other half of Drexciya - Gerld Donald (get it - G.D - Glass Domain). I think the german name (heinrich mueller) comes from an alias- probably the one he uses for Dopplereffekt- he has a bit of a german retro/WWII fetish when it comes to style & image.. This was one of his early recordings from 91, the same year that James (the other half of drexiya) made the equally obscure and equally acclaimed "Hyperspace Sound Lab" with vocalist Clarence G. Both are historic releases for Detroit fans, Drexciya fans, and electro fans alike.. Nice that it is now accessible on vinyl, maybe Clone will be nice enough to release the Hyperspace Sound Lab too :)

pete from the street, Monday, 1 December 2003 16:52 (twenty-two years ago)

okay but is gerald donald the guy in the early dopplereffekt photo or is that a model?

vahid (vahid), Monday, 1 December 2003 16:58 (twenty-two years ago)

not sure - I never met him, but he was friends w/ some of my friends- he moved to Germany a few years ago and I hadnt heard much about him since.. I would imagine that might be him in the Dopplereffekt pic.

pete from the street, Monday, 1 December 2003 17:22 (twenty-two years ago)


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