Broken English Club
El DJ/productor londinense Oliver Ho debutó en 1996 en Blueprint, sello creado en 1996 por James Ruskin y Richard Polson, donde también habitó Surgeon. Son casi 60 álbumes/EP’s/singles que han sido publicados durante la carrera musical de Oliver Ho, quien se reconoce por el despliegue de un techno minimalista envuelto en atmosferas oscuras, en la línea de Prurient y del fallecido Juan Méndez aka Silent Servant del sello Hospital Productions. Ho ha actuado en importantes festivales y salas como son Berlin Atonal, Fabric, Tresor y Dekmantel Festival.
Este nuevo álbum «Songs Of Love And Decay» publicado en Dekmantel UFO Series, 2025 (sello holandés y empresa de eventos con sede en Ámsterdam), es un tributo a Juan Méndez aka Silent Servant. En la música de Ho se pueden advertir distintos matices e influencias.
“Love and Decay”, “Night Fall”, “Ghost“ y “The Occult Body” tienen acercamientos a la synth-wave de los ’80, con esas hipnóticas líneas sintéticas análogas.
“Crawling”, “Death Cult” y “Lost Gods” y “Prisoner” (con influencias del acid techno) desarrollan un techno duro con un ritmo cercano a los 140 bpm. “A Shallow Lake”, “England Heretic”, “Vessel Of Skin”, “Pacific Island Kill” y “Sacred Sacrifice” incursionan en un terreno distinto, como es el de la música cinemática de varias capas atmosféricas. En tanto “Non Place” le hace guiños al electro.
Oliver Ho con su vasto background musical lleva a los oyentes a la música de baile como a espacios evocadores.
London DJ/producer Oliver Ho debuted in 1996 on Blueprint, a label created in 1996 by James Ruskin and Richard Polson, where Surgeon also is part of its roster. Almost 60 albums/EP’s/singles have been released during Oliver Ho’s musical career, who is known for his deployment of minimal techno wrapped in dark atmospheres, in the vein of Prurient and the late Juan Méndez aka Silent Servant of the Hospital Productions label. Ho has performed at major festivals and venues such as Berlin Atonal, Fabric, Tresor and Dekmantel Festival.
This new album, ‘Songs Of Love And Decay’ released on Dekmantel UFO Series, 2025 (Dutch label and event company based in Amsterdam), is a tribute to Juan Méndez aka Silent Servant. In Ho’s music, different nuances and influences can be discerned.
‘Love and Decay’, ‘Night Fall’, “Ghost” and ‘The Occult Body’ all have close approximations to ’80s synth-wave, with those hypnotic synthetic analogue lines.
In ‘Crawling’, ‘Death Cult’ and ‘Lost Gods’ and ‘Prisoner’ (with acid techno influences) develop hard techno with a tempo close to 140 bpm. ‘A Shallow Lake’, ‘England Heretic’, ‘Vessel Of Skin’, ‘Pacific Island Kill’ and ‘Sacred Sacrifice’ venture into a different realm of atmospheric multi-layered cinematic music. Meanwhile ‘Non Place’ winks at electro.
Oliver Ho with his vast musical background takes listeners into dance music as well as evocative spaces.
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