Corrugated Tunnel (a.k.a. Edwin James) first appeared in the public's view in 2005, securing support slots for
Abe Duque,
The Hacker,
James Holden and
Legowelt, and alongside
Chymera at the Electric Picnic the momentum began to happen. His acclaimed debut album "
We Are Electronix" arrived in 2006, combining shimmering techno with old school electro against a backdrop of ambient sounds capes. The album has been described by
IDJ as "coming at you like
Kraftwork jamming with
Eno and
Daft Punk". Exquisite production is at the core of his art, and deep, melodic, clinical sounds pervade this record, which won the Best Album award 2006/07 at the
Slick-DJ dance music awards.
A stream of releases followed, on
seedyr,
JM,
Ork,
Elevation,
Night Vision,
Dance Electric,
Systematic,
Dirty Works and
Urban Torque, with support from
Oliver Huntemann,
Derrick May,
Laurent Garnier,
Dave Tarrida (
Tresor),
Ben Watt,
Marc Romboy,
Groove Armada and
Nick Warren. Many more releases are lined up for the next 12 months, including his third album, but first he delivers the second release of the re-launched
Plastica.
Following the success of Plastica relauch single by
Filth & Splendour, the darker and meaner sister label of
Plastic Fantastic delivers two new Corrugated Tunnel tracks:
Fallout and
Bulfin. Both are dark and pumping crowd-pleasers, which will shortly be picked up by all the usual suspects. Also watch out for new remixes coming from Edwin, as well as further Plastica releases from
Dan Cat and
Default.
Reactions
Early reactions for "Fallout / Bulfin":
"These 2 tracks work perfectly for me. Will play for sure" -
Laurent Garnier
"Both great solid productions, Bulfin is the pick for me though. Will play and support 10/10" - James Trystan (
Filth & Splendour)
"Wicked release guys, feeling both tracks, will support for sure." - Oli Cassidy (
Filth & Splendour)
"Great release gearing more towrds the fallout track which would sit in my sets nicely :)" -
Marco Smith
"Solid, deep and heady fodder here on fallout, my favorite of the two. The next tune, bulfin, is definitely up my alley - i like the bassline on this one. Impressive." -
URB Magazine
-- PLASTICA Recordings