This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
You don’t have to read Luke Slater’s bio to know the U.K. techno DJ started as a drummer.
Wireless, his sophomore release under his own name — he previously recorded as Planetary Assault Systems and Clementine, among others — is chockablock with beats. Big fat John Bonham ones; stuttering drum ’n’ bass ones; funky Clyde Stubblefield ones; even four-on-the-floor Detroit techno ones. But don’t get it twisted; it’s not like Slater ignores melody. Over these hard-hitting robot rhythms, he piles on synths, samples, snipped-up vocals and even screaming guitars until he ends up with momentous slabs of industrial-strength electro. Still, at heart Slater is a slave to the rhythm — and this CD proves he never met a beat he didn’t like. He should have called it Drums And Wireless.
