Glitch – Out Of Sync
Catalog Number: DR005
Release Year: 1994
Glitch is Baltimore DJ / Producers Dan Nigrin & Bump Stadelman. They’ve been on the recording scene since 1990, when their debut EP was released on the highly regarded R&S label. They’ve quietly produced a steady stream of music since then, working with some of the most respected names in techno – Pete “Namlook” Kuhlmann (Fax Records), Richie Hawtin (+8 Records), and Lenny Dee (Industrial Strength Records), among others.
One of Glitch’s hallmarks has been its musical diversity – they can range from hardcore to ambient, all on the same release. One need only realize the vast difference between labels like Fax and Industrial Strength, both of which Glitch has recorded for, to see proof of that diversity.
It is because of this diversity, and the lack of desire of most techno labels to support it, that Bump and Dan created Defective Records. In its first 6 months, Defective has garnered world-wide support and recognition for its strong and varied releases from several Baltimore artists.
“Out of Sync” shows off Glitch’s range of musical styles, with tracks ranging from trance to hardcore to ambient to hard-to-classify. Take it all in…on Defective Records.
Option Magazine, May 1995
“Glitch’s Dan Nigrin and Bump Stadelman marry the beat generation and the dance craze by borrowing form Kerouac to start this CD spinning with ‘The Beat’: ‘It’s the beat to keep/It’s the beat of the heart.’ After the last beat of Out of Sync fades, you should concur that this Baltimore duo has created a keeper. Glitch agilely covers a lot of ground. They tackle lilting delicate and light pieces like ‘Space Treatment,’ featuring mostly flat movement spiked with bouncy corn-popping synth melodies, with the same panache as the beat-heavy updraft of ‘Warning Track’ or the whirling ‘Motor.’ Glitch’s real talent is its ability to stay focused and coherent amid numbers like ‘Human Freak Box,’ which sounds like a marching band on speed, or ‘Synaptic Breakdown’ which layers a sample of 2001‘s HAL over jackhammer rhythms that morph into some incredibly undulated beats. Glitch has put out a dozen releases on vinyl, tape and disc since 1990, including two EPs from Industrial Strength Records and an EP and LP from FAX Records. Currently Nigrin and Stadelman are at their peak – and running Defective Records, which supports their sonic research. Their far-reaching talents meld pleasantly and should delight the trance conscious.”
-Brian Less
