Bintus – Influences

Bintus is the head of one of our very favourite labels, Power Vacuum, and he's got might fine taste when it comes to picking which records to release. This week saw Cylob's Inflatable Hope drop in digital form with the vinyl set to follow very shortly indeed. The 7-track EP comes from a whittled down list of over 100 ideas so you can be assured that all the finer details have been expertly seen to. To celebrate this latest release, we decided to delve into the world of Bintus and find out where his musical inspiration comes from.
Cylob's Inflatable Hope is out now via Power Vacuum.
This made it onto my first compilation tape I made off the radio around 1983, and had just got my first walkman so listened to this endlessly. The atmosphere, instrumentation and sonics are embedded deep into my loaf, and continues to fire the imagination. My neighbour and I proceeded to obsess over his albums, learning to play lots of the melodies on our various budget keyboards we had begun collecting. It reminds me of Juan Atkins for some reason. Unlike some of his stuff, this track stands up over time and is probably one of my fave ever tracks, along with the next one.
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