It's not fair that some releases stay hidden - stay under-appreciated.
As this happened at the end of the 90s, around the same time that Chesler had his first giga-hits... still it did not take the world by storm, as it should have.
After all, this is not yet another techno production.
This is well-crafted, there is a lot of thought behind these tracks.
They are embedded within mini-narratives, short spoken words, meandering storylines.
I don't have confirmation, but I think all of these tracks add up to *one* big story.
A1 - Welcome Transmission
I guess this must be the first track then?
We are welcomed by a narrator named "A.G.N.E.S." who introduces themself as the "a.utomatic g.uide into the ne.bula s.ystem and to delta city".
It's ironic that, while they define themself as an AI, it's clearly voice acting by a real human being, wen today the situation might be in reverse!
As the track goes on, agnes gives us specific instructions on our way through the nebula system, for example on how to do a "manual check of the neutron power gauge" or "engaging the booster rocket".
each of these actions is accompanied by a certain sound or change in the structure / flow of the track.
and i think that is just genius.
storytelling by dance beats, acid bleeps, and trance-y synths.
A2. The Energy
This is a much shorter story because - "you are the energy that is my soul".
The track's located at the convergence of goa, trance, techno, ebm.
B1. Hyperspace
Now we are entering hyperspace!
Instead of a normal narration, we are listening to the actual credits of the record itself ("...was recorded by oliver chesler").
It's embedded in fuzzy space synths and a computerized voice, though. Thus it fits into the world of the record, too.
And that makes the whole thing... quite meta, if you think of it.
If you are a real music nerd, let me tell you that none other than Ennio Morricone once did the same thing:
He narrated / sang the credits to a movie he scored, during the very movie, including his own credits!
B1. Speeding Through Time
We are told by the nameless protagonist of the record that while "traveling hyperspace", they came across a planet called earth.
what follows is a wicked techno / oldschool / hard house / hardcore mix of sounds.
Guess things got more earthly and less celestial now, right?
B2. Vacuum
I don't know what happened, apparently we (and the protagonist) fell into a kind of (cosmic) vacuum.
this is the most hardcore track off the record.
there is no narration anymore, so i guess there is a kind of ambiguous ending to the story...
did we get lost in the vacuum (forever), or is this more like some "magnetic force field" in star trek, where you can get trapped, but will eventually emerge?
you see, it's necessary to listen to all tracks in the right order to get this "whole story".
(just in case it's *really* intended as a story!)
regardless:
it's a quite fun and nasty little EP by mister chesler, worth listening in every way.
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