Innerzone Orchestra was a side project under the immaculate vision of one of my heroes, Carl Craig, who in my opinion has done as much for music as the likes of Davis, Coltrane and whomever the jazz nerds care to mention to counter the argument. The project has its roots in one of the benchmarks on the drum 'n bass scene Bug In The Bassbin, a record that still sounds incredibly cutting edge and futuristic and from here James Lavelle picked up the record and re-released it on his incredibly influential Mo' Wax label and from here Carl Craig set up a live band to go with the project and who at the core he recruited no less than Francisco Mora who was a member of the great Sun Ra's Arkestra and Craig Taborn who played with the Art Ensemble of Chicago plus in addition to those two incredible musicians the group also included Paul Randolph and Matthew Chicoine who is of course better known as Recloose. An incredible line-up and one that surely should've produced more than one album but the work that was produced, 1999's Programmed, is one of the best and most complete albums of all time, irrespective of genre.
At Les is a bonafide techno classic, a record that frequently comes up in many of the world's best DJs top 10 all-time tunes lists, and one of those records that is as perfect as it is simple. It is all about the piano-line for me and one that perfectly compliments the rest of the sounds and the percussion that pushes the record forward. I've easily listened to this at least a thousand times and I've never grown bored of it. You've probably all heard it before but once more isn't going to hurt.
Innerzone Orchestra - At Les
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