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Tony Young's second album as Autoclav 1.1 is one of the most interesting records of 2006. Filled with dark and emotional music, these touching yet uneasy tunes oscillate between IDM, breakcore and a kind of "electronic shoegaze".

But genres won't really tell you anything about this music, 'cause Young goes far beyond boundaries. You can really feel a concept here, some continuity that surprisingly manages to stay perfectly dense. I definitely recommend "Visitor Attractions" to anyone who's not afraid of inspired experiments.

Under no circumstances start your adventure with Autechre with "Confield"! Being a huge fan o "Amber" and "Incunabula", I listened to "Confield" with a feeling of incredulity, which quickly became a feeling of overwhelming disappointment. This album is nothing more than random, nerve racking sounds.

Taken together, they are hard to be described as "music" as we normally understand the term. Cold, inhuman and highly irritating album. This has to be the best soundtrack ever.

Eternally fresh and inspiring, Vangelis' music works without its perfect visual side (without any doubts my favourite film ever). I first watched "Blade Runner" way back when I was a kid and it totally blew my mind, probably changing my life forever, hehe. So did the music.

A unique masterpiece which is not to be omitted by anyone. "Cinemascope" was my first experience with the Monolake duo and due to that probably remains my favourite album. Music is multi-layered, mathematically constructed, very suggestive and highly atmospheric.

Following the title, it's like a soundtrack from a complex digital process of information travelling through channels. If Kraftwerk were humanoid robots, then these guys must be like an upraged version of Kubrick's HAL-9000. Mindblowing record - 5/5.

A superb soundtrack from a fantastic film. Sakamoto, who also played in the movie along with David Bowie (whose role is one of his best to date), created a moody piece of music perfectly fitting into the screen and what's more, sounding equally great without moving images. But those appear anyway - in your imagination.

No wonder The Orb's Alex Peterson ranks amongs the best circa-ambient albums ever. I wouldn't call it ambient but then again I wouldn't call it at all. There's simply no point in doing that.

All I can say it's whenever I listen to these tunes I feel emotions I never considered actually existing. The main theme along with the vocal version "Forbidden Colours" with David Sylvian almost bring tears into one's eyes! Watch, listen, get knocked out.

Highly recommended!