Port Of Call - Music

Named After A Character On The '60s TV Show Flipper Porter Ricks Specializes In Subaquatic Dub Techno Providing The Closest Touchstone To The Static Hum And Fuzzy Beatwork Of Their Quasi Label-Mates Basic Channel. A Collaboration Between Ambient Maestro Thomas Köner And Beatmeister Andy Mellwig The Duo Debuted With Three 12-Inches On The Berlin Based Basic Channel Sub-Label Chain Reaction During 1995-96. Filtering Out Any Of The Harder Effects From Detroit Techno And Plastikman Material With What Sounded Like An Affinity For Undersea SONAR Frequencies And Wind-Tunnel Ambience The Singles Became Quite Popular With The Growing Experimental Techno Scene Of The Mid-'90s And Even Influenced Plastikman In Return . By The Time Of The 1996 CD Collection BioKinetics On Chain Reaction Porter Ricks Had Moved On To Force Inc With The Double-Pack Redundance EP Plus The Singles "Spoil" And "Exposed." The Duo Also Recorded A Single For Barooni Before Collecting Their Force Inc Material Onto A Self-Titled 1997 CD. Two Years Later The Techno Animal Collaboration Symbiotics Appeared. Köner Also Has A Long-Running Solo Career With A Half-Dozen Albums Recorded For Barooni. read less