Product Overview
Broadcast - Microtronics - Volumes 1 & 2 (CD) Microtronics Volumes 1 & 2’s initial availability alone makes it some of the group’s most curious releases, released first as tour-only 3” CDs in 2003 and 2005 before being offered exclusively via mail order. True to its name, Microtronics offers miniatures of Broadcast’s experimental spirit, the majority of the 21 tracks coming in under 2 minutes. Thankfully, its brief runtime doesn’t restrict any of the group’s sprawling ambition. If anything, those hoping for a consistent through-line from track to track or some semblance of a particular Broadcast era might want to tread carefully with this one. Microtronics is a frenetic free-for-all of creative ideas, building instrumental sketches of the group’s signature psychedelic pop before dissolving them in brief baths of unsettling noise, ambient passages, glitchy beatwork or free jazz-adjacent explorations depending on where the groups exuberant minds drift to next. Microtronics Volumes 1 & 2 drifts furthest from anything sounding like the band’s other work, ultimately makes for a fascinating addition to any completist collection. Capturing the band between two of their most beloved records, Microtronics fashions a scattershot bridge between the band’s final releases out of lighthearted sonic exercises and inspired glimpses into the creative minds of Broadcast. TRACKLISTING 1. Microtonics 01 2. Microtonics 02 3. Microtonics 03 4. Microtonics 04 5. Microtonics 05 6. Microtonics 06 7. Microtonics 07 8. Microtonics 08 9. Microtonics 09 10. Microtonics 10 11. Microtonics 11 12. Microtonics 12 13. Microtonics 13 14. Microtonics 14 15. Microtonics 15 16. Microtonics 16 17. Microtonics 17 18. Microtonics 18 19. Microtonics 19 20. Microtonics 20 21. Microtonics 21
