Do Not Adjust Your Set

Spooky: Can't Remember and Do Not Adjust Your Set
From: Stereo EP (Generic, 1995)

One of the most gruelling decisions when compiling a tape for someone is when you have two great tracks from the same piece of vinyl and only space for one of them.

An album that always threw up this problem for me was Spooky's Stereo EP. Not to be confused with That Subliminal Kid, DJ Spooky, this group comprised of two English guys who released a number of quality productions covering breakbeat to techno in the mid nineties.

Originally purchased for the title track, a heavy breakbeat number aimed for the dancefloor, I quickly found out that the true gems were the two slower numbers on the EP. While undeniably influenced by Aphex Twin the two tracks were still pretty different from anything else around at the time and also from anything else in Spooky's catalogue, consisting of subtle layers and more organic sounds.

I was always torn between which one of the tracks was stronger, sometimes I'd lean towards Can't Remember's epic melodies and grandiose nature, other days Do Not Adjust Your Set would win me over with it's soft steel drums and more upbeat tone.

Anyway, with the wonder of cyberspace I can give you both tracks for your listening pleasure and let you make up your own mind. Enjoy.