Larry Heard - Alien

Format: 2 x LP

Catalogue No.: ML9009lp

Barcode: 1817 6829 0091

Release Date: 22 Nov 22 

Back in stock: 12 Oct 2023

Genre: Electro / House / Chicago

1 FAINT OBJECT DETECTION
2 THE DANCE OF PLANET X
3 MICRO-GRAVITY
4 FLIGHT OF THE COMET
5 DNA-RNA
6 GALACTIC TRAVELS SUITE
7 COSMOGONIC MYTH
8 TWO JOURNEYS
9 THE BEAUTY OF CELESTE (FEATURING CHE')

Alleviated Records is proud to present a special re-issue of the Alien project. Larry Heard's productions always hinted at deepest outer space, but Alien was his first actual science-fiction record. It's almost as polished as the most mainstream dance production, but just as sublime as any Detroit producer. Heard's house roots often show themselves, while the chords and shimmering production make this an album almost on par with Heard's mid-'80s peak. The project was a recording & sound-development experiment that was mostly constructed around a Korg O1/W workstation keyboard that was left at Larry