Glasgow label Numbers have come up with something very special for their latest release: a reissue of the first record ever released on Stuffrecords back in 2002 by Sparky which comes backed with two new tracks by the producer and a 30 minute Ricardo Villalobos remix which, on vinyl, can be played at both 33 RPM and 45 RPM. Sparky is Dave Clark, a member of Glasgow techno band State Of Flux back in the '90s and has since released under the name Truffle Club and collaborated with Optimo's JD Twitch under the Optimo (Espacio) name. His most recent new work has come under the name LUMA for Optimo Trax.
'Portland' was originally recorded back in 1998, live to tape, and given a hasty release on Numbers precursor Stuffrecords. Despite low-level distribution it gained something of reputation in clubs and was given a re-release by Numbers in 2002. One fan of the track was, perhaps surprisingly given the maximal, glistening peaks of the Detroit-inspired original, Ricardo Villalobos. Now in 2013 Numbers have finally got him to provide a very special remix. He's taken the gleaming space-age sheen of the original and converted it - in one take we're told - into an inventive, twitching electro beast, Villalobos' trademark minimalism given a playful spin. All in all, this is a brilliant release, a fitting celebration of what makes Numbers so great both now and back then.
Digital Track List
Sparky
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4 Tracks- Artist
- Sparky
- ReleaseProduct
- Things Fall Apart
- Label
- Optimo Trax
- Catalogue Number
- OT020
- EP
- Download
- Download
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2 Tracks- Artist
- Sparky
- ReleaseProduct
- Signals / Tigress
- Label
- Numbers
- Catalogue Number
- NMBRS43
- 12"
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- Download
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2 Tracks- Artist
- Sparky
- ReleaseProduct
- Portland (Tuff City Kids Remixes)
- Label
- Numbers
- Catalogue Number
- NMBRS27TCK
- 12"
- Download
- Download
Numbers
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Pre-order
2 (of 11) Tracks- Artist
- Complete Walkthru
- ReleaseProduct
- Scrolls
- Label
- Numbers
- Catalogue Number
- NMBRS58D
- LP
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- Download
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10 Tracks- Artist
- North Sea Dialect
- ReleaseProduct
- Local Guide
- Label
- Numbers
- Catalogue Number
- NMBRS57
- LP
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- Download
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19 Tracks- Artist
- Lory D
- ReleaseProduct
- Strange Days
- Label
- Numbers
- Catalogue Number
- NMBRS55D
- Download
- Download
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3 Tracks- Artist
- Passarani
- ReleaseProduct
- Analog Fingerprints Vol.1
- Label
- Numbers
- Catalogue Number
- NMBRS53
- EP
- Download
- Download
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4 Tracks- Artist
- Dukwa
- ReleaseProduct
- Shattered In A Thousand Pieces
- Label
- Numbers
- Catalogue Number
- NMBRS56
- EP
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- Download
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3 Tracks- Artist
- Peder Mannerfelt
- ReleaseProduct
- EQUALITY NOW
- Label
- Numbers
- Catalogue Number
- NMBRS52
- Download
- Download
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4 Tracks- Artist
- Bryan Kessler
- ReleaseProduct
- 10,000 Suns
- Label
- Numbers
- Catalogue Number
- NMBRS51
- 12"
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- Download
Electro and Acid
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4 Tracks- Artist
- Ceephax Acid Crew
- ReleaseProduct
- Byron's Ballads
- Label
- Waltzer
- Catalogue Number
- CPX130
- Download
- Download
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5 Tracks- Artist
- Ceephax Acid Crew
- ReleaseProduct
- Fossil Funk EP
- Label
- Waltzer
- Catalogue Number
- CPX007
- Download
- Download
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4 Clips- Artist
- DAWL
- ReleaseProduct
- Time To Throw Down EP
- Label
- Craigie Knowes
- Catalogue Number
- CKNOWEP19
- EP
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7 Clips- Artist
- Jeremiah R.
- ReleaseProduct
- Tales From The Dark Reef
- Label
- Distant Wave Records
- Catalogue Number
- DW002
- LP
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14 Clips- Artist
- Ceephax Acid Crew
- ReleaseProduct
- Acid Cask Compilation
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- WeMe
- Catalogue Number
- WEME054
- Cassette
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4 Clips- Artist
- Tim Jackiw
- ReleaseProduct
- Echo Waves EP
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- Offworld Records
- Catalogue Number
- OFFWORLD 005
- 12"
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Pre-order
6 Clips- Artist
- Beau Wanzer
- ReleaseProduct
- Do The Spider Shimmy
- Label
- Suction
- Catalogue Number
- SUCTION049
- 10"
Dancefloor and Techno
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8 Tracks- Artist
- Octo Octa
- ReleaseProduct
- Resonant Body
- Label
- T4T LUV NRG
- Catalogue Number
- T4T002
- LP
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- Download
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8 Clips- Artist
- Clouds
- ReleaseProduct
- HTID: HEAVEN-SENT TEKNO IMPAKTING DANCEFLOORS, OR HARDCORE TILL I DIE
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- Electric Deluxe
- Catalogue Number
- EDLX053
- LP
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6 Clips- Artist
- Stanislav Tolkachev
- ReleaseProduct
- Right Angle EP
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- Semantica
- Catalogue Number
- Sem065
- 12"
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2 Clips- Artist
- Two Full Minds
- ReleaseProduct
- No Smoke EP
- Label
- Mint Condition
- Catalogue Number
- MC030
- 12"
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4 Clips- Artist
- Spacetime Continuum / Scanner / Ross 154 / Leo Anibaldi
- ReleaseProduct
- DE:10.07
- Label
- De:tuned
- Catalogue Number
- ASGDE026
- EP
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5 Tracks- Artist
- Patrick Conway
- ReleaseProduct
- Cobby & His Animals
- Label
- Fusion Diagnostics
- Catalogue Number
- FUD002
- EP
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- Download
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2 Clips- Artist
- DJ Bogdan
- ReleaseProduct
- Love Inna Basement
- Label
- Not On Label
- Catalogue Number
- NE-001-GH
- 12"
Single / EP of the Week
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4 Tracks- Artist
- Nathan Micay
- ReleaseProduct
- Butterfly Arcane
- Label
- LuckyMe
- Catalogue Number
- LM067D
- EP
- Download
- Download
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6 Tracks- Artist
- Carl Gari, Abdullah Miniawy
- ReleaseProduct
- Whities 023 (The Act of Falling from the 8th Floor)
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- Whities
- Catalogue Number
- WHYT023
- EP
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- Download
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4 Clips- Artist
- Karenn (Blawan & Pariah)
- ReleaseProduct
- Voam Club Archive Volume 1
- Label
- Voam Club Archive
- Catalogue Number
- VCA001
- EP
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2 Tracks- Artist
- Yu Su
- ReleaseProduct
- Watermelon Woman
- Label
- Technicolour
- Catalogue Number
- TCLRDNL034W
- 12"
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- Download
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4 Tracks- Artist
- Dylan Henner
- ReleaseProduct
- Stormbird Brother In The Dusk
- Label
- Phantom Limb
- Catalogue Number
- PHNTM008
- Cassette
- Download
- Download
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4 Tracks- Artist
- Brainwaltzera
- ReleaseProduct
- Marzipan EP
- Label
- Emotional Response
- Catalogue Number
- ERS041
- 12"
- Download
- Download
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4 Tracks- Artist
- Itoa & Lean Low
- ReleaseProduct
- Icy
- Label
- Bad Taste Records
- Catalogue Number
- BTLP85
- 12"
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- Download
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3 Tracks- Artist
- Lone
- ReleaseProduct
- Abraxas
- Label
- Ancient Astronauts
- Catalogue Number
- ASTRO02
- 12"
- Download
- Download
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4 Tracks- Artist
- DJ Lag & OKZharp
- ReleaseProduct
- Steam Rooms EP
- Label
- Hyperdub
- Catalogue Number
- HDB123D
- Vinyl
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- Download