For the uninitiated... Ellen Alien & Apparat - Orchestra Of Bubbles

(Just a quick disclaimer before I start. The knowledgeable amongst you will know this album already. So for all of you expecting a musical revolution, have patience, young padwans.)

I think it's important to share the real gems that we come across. If we didn't do that then music wouldn't work. Just because this was released in 2006, doesn't mean it's not worth listening to. I can promise you the beats are still frrrrrrrresh!

I recommend everyone goes here, and buys this album right now. I honestly can't think of a better way to spend £7.48. Seriously, i've just been sitting here for 10 minutes trying to think of an amusing way to spend £7.48. Best thing I've come up with is Halal Love Hearts. 

That, my friends, is a cracking cover. The songs in it are just as good. I don't really want to break it down track by track but 'Rotary' is the highlight for sure.

It's techno, but not as you know it. There's none of that mindless pill-crazed-eastern-europe-fist-pump-smash-stomp.......

These guys LOVE hard pumping techno. 

Picture the scene: you're in Poland, you've got spiky red hair, no shirt and a backpack, you've found a slutty techno girl in a bikini and they are playing mindless techno. You're in bloody paradise! And look at the guy in the background. Look at him! He bloody loves it! He's literally doing a fist-pump-smash-stomp! Fuck I love Poland.

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.........that you find hanging around in the 'techno' section of Music & Video Exchange. (On a side note, aren't the people who work in that shop the most miserable tossers you've ever met? They won't talk to you unless you know the name of the pet rabbit whose owner played the harpsichord on Syd Barrett's unreleased, unfinished 2nd album. Twats.)

Anyway, this is the proper stuff. Deep, melodic, intricate, clever, emotional (yes, electronic music can be emotional you philistines), and accessible. You don't have to sit through 4 minutes of crashing synths waiting for a beat. It's gloopy, it's shlompy.............

and it's Chip's first Blip.