The Idiots Are Winning Vinyl

The idiots are winning now there s a sentiment that holds up well today was the debut album by one time overlord of computer music holden or james holden as we ve come to know and love him it was originally released in 2006 and contains the classic tracks idiot lump corduroy and 10101.

The idiots are winning vinyl.

Issued in the wake of label mate nathan fake s classic drowning in a sea of love and only a year after the original screening of nathan barley aka the birth of modern culture holden s debut album helped to sweetly establish the border community aesthetic with its woozy. The music sounds do come across more potently on vinyl than on cd the bass croons even more and the faust like cringing and spasms of the winning idiots conjured by holden are truly vivid but so what s the point. A master class in delightfully wonky and restlessly glitchy minimal techno that has influenced many though seldom been equalled. A masterclass in delightfully wonky and restlessly glitchy minimal techno that has influenced many.

Includes barnstorming stomper idiot trippy headwrecker lump loose limbed workout corduroy and the twitchy insistent 10101. Referencing the idiots are winning 2x12 minialbum 14bc 14bc not a very enjoyable album but i guess some enjoy pain. The idiots are winning is a masterclass in unhinged grooves glitchy electronic sounds and mutant sounds that set a new benchmark in experimental textures sound design and dance floor clout. The music sounds do come across more potently on vinyl than on cd the bass croons even more and the faust like cringing and spasms of the winning idiots conjured by holden are truly vivid but so what s the point.

The long awaited repress of james holden s essential 2006 debut album the idiots are winning is here. Limited to just 1000 copies. Available on vinyl lp. James holden s dan ashcroft channelling 2006 debut lp resurfaces trimmed down and cut on a fancy new pressing.

Idiot is the standout banger lump is more trippy and heat workout and 10101 is the twitchy and mesmeric workout you cannot escape. Buy the idiots are winning by holden on bleep. Dancefloor staples to this day whose reappearance on vinyl is most welcome a unashamedly dancefloor focused ep bursting with dj tools which somehow also stands up as an idiosyncratic and effortlessly accomplished debut album offering the idiots are winning is. Double vinyl lp label border community.