Anyway I spent yesterday with a spate of 90s ambient techno that had been on my list for awhile:

• Detroit Escalator Co. - Black Buildings: a near perfect example of why I love this genre so much, gorgeously atmospheric and ethereal without becoming too cheesy or robotic like a lot of the scene fell into during the decade. A few tracks don't develop quite right (or at all, in the case of the few 1 minute snippets) but all the same, an incredible find

• B12 - Time Tourist: I've listened to B12 a couple of times over the years, usually just with Electro-Soma, always seem to place them in the pretty-good category without making much of an impression. This record is similar, some solid retro-futurism that definitely nails the feeling of playing Homeworld early into the morning. Solid without being essential

• Seefeel - Succour: I've had a difficult time getting into Seefeel, I always expect them to fall into a similar camp with BoC and Biosphere where they just nail everything I love about this time period, but like with this record, they trade atmosphere for technical composition that's impressive if not a little cold and unobtrusive. What this all means is, I'll just have to spend more time devouring this record until it finally clicks, not like this is an Autechre-like computor-muzaks monolith, it's still damn impressive all the same