Jan Jelinek - Loop-Finding-Jazz-Records
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Jan Jelinek - Loop-Finding-Jazz-Records
Holdrons Arcade
135A Rye Lane
Unit 11 Holdrons Arcade
London SE15 4ST
United Kingdom
Label: Faitiche – faitback01
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: Germany
Released: Apr 20, 2017
Genre: Electronic
Style: Deep Techno, Dub Techno, Glitch, Techno, Minimal Techno
Jan Jelinek's Loop-Finding-Jazz-Records stands as one of the defining statements in experimental electronic music — and this reissue, via Jelinek's own Faitiche imprint, returns a landmark to circulation that has lost none of its quiet radicalism in the years since its 2001 debut on Stefan Betke's seminal ~scape label. The album reshaped how sampling, minimalism and texture could function within electronic composition, and its influence has only deepened with time.
Working primarily with an ASR-10 sampler, Jelinek mined fragments from jazz records not to evoke the genre's virtuosity but to isolate timbre, grain and rhythmic residue. Built largely during late-night sessions in a small Berlin flat and sequenced loosely via an Atari setup, the music balances precision with fragile imperfection — loops slipping slightly out of sync to produce a shimmering acoustical glimmer that gives the record its distinctive, hypnotic motion. Grooves emerge from microscopic shifts rather than overt beats, repetition becomes narrative, and texture becomes melody. A subtle, immersive and endlessly influential landmark, restored to its full double LP form.
