Deltidseskapism - Nattmusik

First time dbl disc vinyl edition of some supreme Swedish dub techno from 2004, delivered by London's newly minted Amb.Caveti imprint. Deltidseskapism is one of the many names of Martin Ambrahamsoon, a producer with close to three decades of experience in the game. Nattmusik appeared to land whilst at his most productive and you can quickly hear why someone's chosen to start a label with this as its maiden release. Kompakt was really hitting its stride in the early 2000s and there's more than a little Cologne present in what Ambrahmsoon was working towards here, hitting a sweet synthesis between cool minimalism, glitchy texture and dub sonics in a way that recalls both that stellar run of Studio 1 12"s and early Chain Reaction 12s from Vainqueur, Substance, Pelon et al. All primo stuff, including the five bonus tracks that now flesh out the second disc, though it's the original twelve minute closer of 'Elsomn' that really caught my ear, a Markus Popp-styled deep ascent into the dubbed-out ambience more high pressured than the hunt for Red October. Real deal hyperbaric business.