Backbone - 'One' LP [COUNTER042] preview by Ed Davenport | Inland | Counterchange | Globuli published on 2024-04-12T11:26:21Z COUNTER042 Counterchange Recordings Backbone 'One' Release Date: 03.05.24 'One' is the debut album from burgeoning Portuguese techno producer Afonso Esperança aka Backbone @backbone-3 After his 'Gatekeeper' EP (COUNTER033), including the iconic 'Take A Trip' which gathered support far and wide, Backbone stretches out over nine wonderfully detailed and intense tracks. Exploring the modern techno paradigm, 'One' is full of positively charged, bassline-driven heaters. The founder of the Vinculum Festival in Portugal, Esperança's unique sound design, vocal FX and tension-heavy arrangements carve a clear course from the heart to the dancefloor. From the tingling ambient intro of 'Mundo Novo' straight into the addictive 'Press To Regenerate' its clear there's countless details to discover forged into these tracks. Counterchange founder Inland straps in on 'Generation Gap', one of the early highlights of the album, with its surging industrial pulse and funky forward momentum. The stunning broken beats and bleeps of 'There Is No Spoon' hit hard and dark while remaining elegant and certainly not over-driven. Every track on the LP is a microcosm of Backbone's kinetic techno manifesto - he infuses a rich stereo image, textured crunch and silky bass-end bounce on stand-out tracks like 'Strike A Dose', 'Minucioso' and 'No Casket Space'. Bringing the album to a close with the night-time drive of 'Ride The Snake', Backbone summons the spirits of his mountainous home region in a hypnotising, shamanic ritual for the closing sets. // Written & Produced by Afonso Esperança, 2024 'Generation Gap' co-produced by Inland 'Press To Regenerate', 'Strike A Dose', 'Mincusioso', 'No Casket Space' mixed by B. Deodato Mastered by Inland Photography by Ed Davenport Comment by Anterist very nice release! Thanks :) 2024-04-24T14:58:45Z Comment by Deluge 🤘 2024-04-19T11:17:03Z Comment by Deluge 🔥 2024-04-17T20:49:37Z Comment by Deluge Spicy one! 2024-04-16T22:57:55Z Comment by Lukas Stern nice one! 2024-04-12T13:17:59Z Comment by Ed Davenport | Inland | Counterchange | Globuli 09. Ride The Snake 2024-04-12T11:29:11Z Comment by Ed Davenport | Inland | Counterchange | Globuli 08. No Casket Space 2024-04-12T11:29:01Z Comment by Ed Davenport | Inland | Counterchange | Globuli 07. Self Rhythm 2024-04-12T11:28:49Z Comment by Ed Davenport | Inland | Counterchange | Globuli 06. Minucioso 2024-04-12T11:28:38Z Comment by Ed Davenport | Inland | Counterchange | Globuli 05. There Is No Spoon 2024-04-12T11:28:30Z Comment by Ed Davenport | Inland | Counterchange | Globuli 04. Strike a Dose 2024-04-12T11:27:43Z Comment by Ed Davenport | Inland | Counterchange | Globuli 03. Generation Gap feat. Inland 2024-04-12T11:27:19Z Comment by Ed Davenport | Inland | Counterchange | Globuli 02. Press to Regenerate 2024-04-12T11:27:08Z Comment by Ed Davenport | Inland | Counterchange | Globuli 01. Mundo Novo 2024-04-12T11:26:55Z