the second toughest album is one of underworld's best and this fact have been stated before but i like how it's constructed and also how well the whole thing holds up today. tracks such as "confusing the waitress" or "airtowel" can fit any spot in a modern techno set and "blueski" here is a piece that i love.
in the album it's in a context it's almost an interlude or a calming down with "stagger" being the track that firmly closes the whole shebang. taking it out that form you are left with a track that's built around guitar loops at 69/138bpm (depending how you see it).
the guitars overlap and with the lowkey bassline that's underneath they and create a subtle tension that's really exciting. it was a few weeks ago when it hit me that this could be something else than it is on the album. it could be a really excellent set starter. all you need to do is work it with something that starts with raw beats or something in the same key and you are good to go.
i find it hard to believe that this notion hasn't been executed before but the only times i've heard this track outside of the album is either on "ambient" (i.e. downtempo) mixes or kid loco's dj-kicks album. on the latter it thought he used it to break up the flow and it worked well after that common ground's "dark soul". but then it didn't pay off well when following it up with grantby's "grimble".
anyhow, in the words of john peel "well a killer track either way".
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