radio 9 is a group based in oslo, norway, with strong connections to the kosmische club. it is electronic with guitars. some vocals. 3-piece, records released on Enraptured Records (UK), airplay on XFM and John Peel (“really rather good it is too”), Radio 1. “a stunning debut” interactive DJ. “highly recommended” ptolemaic terrascope. “a shiny, streamlined future broadcast” bizarre magazine. “experimental and exciting…and great to spin during those mellow moments” record collector. “un effetto narcotizzante” blow up. “this smokes my pole” Julian Cope. recorded album ‘20,000hZ above the sea’ with paul epworth, some tracks mixed by gareth jones. most songs/pieces evolve from snippets of random radio bursts, sampled and sculpted into rhythms and/or melodies.
Radio 9, Motorik EP (Enraptured) 10″The clue is in the title, as Terry Wogan often almost said. If I add the information that Radio 9 is the brainchild of the man behind the Kosmische krautclub…then you shouldn’t be in any doubt as to the frequency to which Radio 9 tune. Of course, in a kind of poacher-turned-gamekeeper scenario, it’s not surprising to find that when the DJs get into the studio they can create music of this quality because they know exactly what makes a track work. Pick of the four is “Moving In Two Directions” which just shades it over the title cut by virtue of the slightly funkier groove loop and a Spaceman vocal. robots + elec brains