Gescom
Motor

THE REVIEW

"Motor", released in 1994 for the Source Records of the legendary Move D, is the second EP of the pseudo-anonymous project/collective Gescom. It is also their worst, and probably the one in which the two Autechre had the least involvement.

On "Motor 1", the only track where their touch is clearly recognizable, they show how American electro has played a very important role in the development of their creation, using here, for better or worse, all its forty-year-old stylistic elements (obsessive and syncopated riffs, TR-808, round basslines with a funk flavor) and adding futuristic and analog riffs of "Incunabula" origin, which unfortunately pay a significant price in monotony in its nine minutes lacking relevant developments. "Motor 2" and "Motor 3" are 100% acid-techno in Djax-Up-Beats style, showcasing raw and pounding kick drums, the inevitable 303s, and naive basslines more comparable to a not too successful randomization of the legendary 'grey box' than to the historic Dutch label, and for this reason anything but memorable (I would venture to attribute these two tracks to the designer with a name as equally unremarkable as one that echoes in chat, Daniel 72, often mentioned as one of the many Gescom members, as the main mind behind these two tracks).

"Motor 4" resumes the melodic theme of "Motor 3" but brings it to a decidedly more IDM level, which judging by the use of some synths practically identical to those heard on "Amber" would again seem to be the work of Autechre: the result is equally mediocre and without the slightest hint of inspiration.

However, the artwork is highly inspired. But it would have deserved more.