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
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- Things Fall Apart
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- Optimo Trax
- Catalogue Number
- OT020
- EP
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2 Tracks- Artist
- Sparky
- ReleaseProduct
- Signals / Tigress
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- Numbers
- Catalogue Number
- NMBRS43
- 12"
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2 Tracks- Artist
- Sparky
- ReleaseProduct
- Portland (Tuff City Kids Remixes)
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- Numbers
- Catalogue Number
- NMBRS27TCK
- 12"
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Numbers
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1 (of 8) Tracks- Artist
- Perko
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- The City Rings
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- Numbers
- Catalogue Number
- NMBRS64D
- EP
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9 Tracks- Artist
- Shapednoise
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- Aesthesis
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- Numbers
- Catalogue Number
- NMBRS62D
- LP
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3 Tracks- Artist
- Lanark Artefax
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- Corra Linn
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- Numbers
- Catalogue Number
- NMBRS63D
- 12"
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11 Tracks- Artist
- Complete Walkthru
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- Scrolls
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- Numbers
- Catalogue Number
- NMBRS58D
- LP
- Download
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10 Tracks- Artist
- North Sea Dialect
- ReleaseProduct
- Local Guide
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- Numbers
- Catalogue Number
- NMBRS57
- LP
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19 Tracks- Artist
- Lory D
- ReleaseProduct
- Strange Days
- Label
- Numbers
- Catalogue Number
- NMBRS55D
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Electro and Acid
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2 (of 13) Tracks- Artist
- RX-101
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- Serenity
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- Suction Records
- Catalogue Number
- suction050
- LP
- CD
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16 Tracks- Artist
- Drexciya
- ReleaseProduct
- Journey of the Deep Sea Dweller IV
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- Clone Classic Cuts
- Catalogue Number
- CCC025
- LP
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4 Tracks- Artist
- Illektrolab
- ReleaseProduct
- Paranoid Android
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- brokntoys
- Catalogue Number
- BT39
- EP
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4 Clips- Artist
- User Engine
- ReleaseProduct
- 01383 EP
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- Stepback Records
- Catalogue Number
- STEPBACK004
- EP
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4 Tracks- Artist
- 214
- ReleaseProduct
- Rex and Shuffle
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- Klakson
- Catalogue Number
- kl-nr3
- EP
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4 Clips- Artist
- Peder Mannerfelt / VTSS / Hadone / Ascion
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- We Only Want You For Your Body
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- Kaos
- Catalogue Number
- KAOS004
- 12"
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4 Clips- Artist
- James Shinra
- ReleaseProduct
- On & On
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- 20/20 Vision Recordings
- Catalogue Number
- VIS 318
- EP
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12 Tracks- Artist
- Various Artists
- ReleaseProduct
- locus error
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- TRIP Records
- Catalogue Number
- TRP029
- LP
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Dancefloor and Techno
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2 Clips- Artist
- Underground Resistance
- ReleaseProduct
- Knights Of The Jaguar EP
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- UR - Underground Resistance
- Catalogue Number
- UR-049
- EP
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4 Clips- Artist
- Assembler Code
- ReleaseProduct
- Write Pulse
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- Cultivated Electronics
- Catalogue Number
- CE033
- EP
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3 Tracks- Artist
- Black Merlin
- ReleaseProduct
- Sformator 2
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- Pinkman Broken Dreams
- Catalogue Number
- PBD14-2
- EP
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8 Tracks- Artist
- Phase Fatale
- ReleaseProduct
- Scanning Backwards
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- Ostgut Ton
- Catalogue Number
- Ostgut CD 48 D
- LP
- CD
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6 Clips- Artist
- Wosto
- ReleaseProduct
- Das letzte Nasenhaar EP
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- Raw Culture
- Catalogue Number
- RWCLTR011
- EP
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4 Tracks- Artist
- Forest Drive West
- ReleaseProduct
- Parallel Space EP
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- Echocord
- Catalogue Number
- Echocord 084 D
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2 Tracks- Artist
- Joy Orbison & Overmono
- ReleaseProduct
- Bromley / Still Moving
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- XL Recordings
- Catalogue Number
- XL1001DS
- 12"
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Single / EP of the Week
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4 Tracks- Artist
- Deena Abdelwahed
- ReleaseProduct
- Dhakar
- Label
- InFiné
- Catalogue Number
- iF2078
- EP
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4 Clips- Artist
- Benoit B
- ReleaseProduct
- UNTHANK 13 - Caution 9'6" High
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- Unthank
- Catalogue Number
- UNTHANK013
- 10"
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4 Tracks- Artist
- James Shinra
- ReleaseProduct
- Darkroom EP
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- Craigie Knowes
- Catalogue Number
- CKNOWEP22
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2 Clips- Artist
- Galaxian
- ReleaseProduct
- Self/No-Self I - Path Of Deviation
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- Breakin Records
- Catalogue Number
- BRK64
- 12"
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2 Tracks- Artist
- Clark
- ReleaseProduct
- Branding Problem
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- Throttle Records
- Catalogue Number
- THROT003
- 12"
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