The title says it all
Peter | San Francisco | 06/14/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"If you are into dark, crisp, flawlessly precise beats, backed by eerie, floating soundwashes that creep in from behind to cover the world with night as warning lights flash, then here is an album you will appreciate. Teebee is the master of 23rd Century techno warfare sounds, and there's lots of those here. This probably is not his heaviest work to date, but I would say his most precision oriented, which has its plusses, but I feel unfortunately lends at times an almost antiseptic feel to some of the tracks, which mattered less on his more brutal earlier material. There is a good amount of sublety here though, and many tracks certainly deserve numerous repeat listenings to appreciate fully. Stolen Documents, with its sensual, ambient saxophone (one of many uncommon touches here for Teebee) and Bioform, one of the heavier offerings, but with some beautiful voice layovers, are my favorites, excellent mixtures of subtle grace and unrelenting technical wizardry that are trademarks of the artist. Put on your night-vision infrared goggles, suit up in your fully powered stealth assault armor and plug in your magnapulse rifle clips, because if we don't take The Mainframe out, its gonna take all of us."
A sci-fi score for the imagination
holograms | los angeles | 06/14/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Teebee is one of the most clinical sound-shapers in drum n bass these days, occupying the same analog nebula as Konflict, Ram Trilogy, Photek and Optical. Black Science Labs breaks from the usual barrage of tear-out dancefloor stormers. His sonic mastery evident on this effort, Teebee paints deep dark analog soundscapes that take the listener into the blackhole. The breaks are mostly two-step mutations and the melodies are minimal, but the gems that stand out on this album are the artfully shaped blips and bleeps that Autechre would be proud of. Teebee has definitely developed his own style, which is an accomplishment in the dancefloor-centered jungle scene. Think Warp records meets Virus. One of the best dnb LPs of the year."
