BlackHole+, by The Connection Machine

BlackHole+

by The Connection Machine

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Full-color gatefold sleeve with varnish print, 180 grams double black & white vinyl album. Comes with two double-sided 30x30 cm inserts, created by the artist. Limited to 500 copies.
Vinyl version does not include 'Theorems Theorems' and 'Together'.

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Limited to 150 copies. 11 tracks, including previously unreleased bonus tracks 'Theorems Theorems' and 'Together'. Digipack comes with 8 page full-color booklet including five artworks by the artist.

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Full-color on-shell printed cassette in plastic-free Maltese Cross fold-out packaging. Includes remaster of the original 13 minute version of '8 Minutes' and the stunning and exclusive, previously unreleased bonus track 'Thinking Machine 23', which was edited and enhanced by the artists. Buyers of the cassette will receive a free download of the WAV files of both tracks.

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1.	8 Minutes (Almost 8 Minute edit) 13:36	buy track
2.	Echoes From Tau Ceti 05:12	buy track
3.	Space Cadets On Leave 06:25	buy track
4.	Echoes From Tau Ceti (Legowelt remix) 05:26	buy track
5.	Evil Earth 03:57	buy track
6.	Speel 02:56	buy track
7.	Keen [On Life] 05:16	buy track
8.	Klute 05:29	buy track
9.	After 05:44	buy track
10.	Theorems Theorems 05:04	buy track
11.	Together 05:13	buy track

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Downtempo techno stars The Connection Machine return with stunning re-release, featuring unreleased tracks and Legowelt remix of classic Echoes From Tau Ceti.

Four years after the re-release of their debut The Dream Tec Album on U-TRAX, the Dutch downtempo techno duo The Connection Machine returns with a second highly anticipated re-release. BlackHole+ contains remastered versions of most of the tracks on their original The Black Hole EP, released on U-TRAX in 1995, plus five tracks from their highly sought-after EPs on Tabernacle Records: Lost Connection and Lost Machine (with electro outfit Lost Trax on the flipside).

The original Black Hole EP had black labels and all details of the release were added as a computer-spoken track on the b-side. For this re-release, this track was removed and a Legowelt remix was added of the still immensely popular track Echoes From Tau Ceti.

The CD, cassette and digital versions will bring even more goodness in the form of two brand new tracks, bringing the total number of tracks to eleven. As usual with U-TRAX releases, the cassette version boast yet another previously unreleased bonus track, Thinking Machine 23, plus the original full-length version of 8 Minutes.

credits

released November 24, 2023

All tracks written, recorded & produced by Natasja Hagemeier and Jeroen Brandjes
Tracks 1-3 previously released on U-TRAX in 1995
Tracks 5-9 previously released on Tabernacle Records in 2011 and 2012
Tracks 10-11 previously unreleased bonus tracks
Legowelt remix of Echoes From Tau Ceti by Danny Wolfers created in 2023
Co-published by Natasja Hagemeier, Jeroen Brandjes and U-TRAX Music Publishing
Copyright November 2023 U-TRAX Quite Deep Music
Art by Jeroen Brandjes
Mastered for vinyl by Ballyhoo Studio Mastering
Design by Studio Moan

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Independent Dutch label, based in Utrecht. Released 20 leftfield techno/acid/house/electro records between 1993 and 1997 on U-TRAX and its sublabel Phoq U Phonogrammen.
After a soft re-launch in October 2018, U-TRAX is back with re-releases, re-presses and fresh new music since 2021.
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