As One – Reflections

Kirk Degiorgio is so criminally underrated, we’re warming up to the idea of capital punishment. A singular voice in Britain’s response to the Detroit Techno sound, his productions under the As One moniker are as essential as it gets. The “Reflections” album was produced between 1993 and 1994 in London after the “Artificial Intelligence” changed everything and shares some similarities with the emerging IDM sound, but is also marked by the focused yet hazy warmth that Carl Craig would only master in 1997—and thus three years later. Its 30th anniversary edition, released via Lapsus, underscores just how timeless this record has remained. Kristoffer Cornils