Velocette – Discotheque Saudades [2LP]

"A Colourful Storm presents the first ever compilation of work by Velocette - the nom de plume of Jason Williams and one of the most unique voices of the 90s ambient-techno landscape.

Alongside label mate, compatriot and fellow traveler Jonah Sharp (Spacetime Continuum), Williams spearheaded a distinctly West Coastian take on Detroit-rooted, Artificial Intelligence-influenced future classicism championed by the likes of B12, Stasis and Kirk Degiorgio.

Stylistically siding with a wide network of artists including Pete Namlook, Reagenz and Tetsu Inoue, Williams’ kosmische romanticism could be traced back to Popul Vuh’s In den Gärten Pharaos, Synthesist-era Harald Grosskopf or Clara Mondshine’s Memorymetropolis: instinctively melodic, evolving, otherworldly. Rhythmically, the tracks betray an insight into dance music mutations of their time while striking fresh today - ‘Stumm’ and ‘Memories for the Future’ pulse with energy while ‘Time and Space’ and ‘Microcosmik’ are brittle and beautiful.

Gathered from recordings originally released on Sharp's Reflective label and Williams’ own Parallel Recordings, Discotheque Saudades shines as a document of an exceptional musician from a time dissolved into memory."

A Colourful Storm, 2020