The Comedy of Errors: Spasms - Circuits Overload (13 June 1992)

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My notes describe this piece of Dutch techno as “a grower” but I will freely concede that it’s a borderline inclusion.  I think what swung a place on the mixtape for Circuits Overload was the hypnotic low synth piece that comes in at 2:53.  It also shares a similar Ground Control style vibe to the sublime Techno Stylin by Lethal, though it takes a much lower NRG route.

Spasms was an alias for Arno Peeters, who after 15 years of making music in groups and releasing records decided to go down a similar route to Peel’s former producer, John Walters and move from music making into production.  He worked with Dutch radio and television services but mostly concerns himself with sound mixing and creating soundscapes through his company, Tape TV.  Peeters’s Vimeo page provides a good showcase for what he’s doing: sonics that stay in the background, don’t draw attention to themselves, but instantly let the listener know where they are.

Last year, Peeters reactivated the Spasms name, albeit with a slight change of name to Sp@sms, probably because, hey it’s the 21st Century now, and returned with an EP on U-Trax called Titanic



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