Over the past 5 years Fundamental Records’ bossman Alek Stark has consistently issued ‘Time Capsule’ box sets dedicated to the TR-808, essentially archiving electro for future generations to enjoy.
2017 marks the fifth edition of the series. To celebrate Stark has produced 250 wooden box sets featuring 11 vinyl and 76 tracks from an array of producers including Plant43, The Hacker, Umwelt, Wisp and a load more. If you’re a fan of all things Drexciya, DMX Crew, Aphex et al…you really need to take a listen to the previews below.
What’s inside the box?
- Red wooden box silkscreen printed in black and white colors
- 10 vinyl records 12″ high quality sound and master. Full color high quality sleeves.
- 1 extra record 7″ silkscreen printed sleeve, with tracks by Wisp and Alek Stark in tribute to Ikutaro Kakehashi, inventor, founder of Roland Corporation, pioneer in electronic music instruments and creator of the Roland TR-808.
- High quality t-shirt printed with the TR-808 graphics, available in all sizes.
- 76 tracks – 5 hours and 29 minutes of pure electro music.
- Limited to 250 units, hand numbered.
Featured Artists:
Alek Stark – Andrea Benedetti – Bass Junkie – Beta Evers – Bolz Bolz – Composite Profuse – Cygnus – D’arcangelo – Darren J. Horgan – Das Muster – Depressor – Di’jital – Dibu-z – Digitek – Dvs Nme – Faceless Mind – Fah – Federico Leocata – Foreign Sequence – Franck Kartell – Friedrich Krause – Heinrich Dressel – Hermes 3 – Holtz – Johan Inkinen – Kan3da – Kerg – Kind Human Being – Kitbuilders – Koova – Luke Eargoggle – Mat101 – Mauro Nakimi – Max Durante – Metacomplex – Microlith – Mutex – Naqara – Negocius Man – Noamm – Noise&Noise – Obergman – Obsolete Robotics – Patronen – Penelope Martin – Plant43 – Raim – Scape One – Shinra – Someplace Dark – Teslasonic – The Exaltics -The Hacker – Umwelt – Vc-118a – Vema – Diodes – Vertical Dimension – Victoria Lukas – Volfram – Wisp
The box set is scheduled for release 20th December 2017, pre-order now for the reduced price of €175. After 5th December the price increases to €200. Order the box set now from Bandcamp.