Khan - Passport (LP Record)

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Can Oral (real name!) has made hundreds of electronic records under enough aliases and record labels to foil the FBI. Obviously, then, Passport, a 15-track compilation, features the smallest smattering of the international DJ's oeuvre, serving instead as a faux greatest-hits package of tracks mostly unavailable in the United States. The package includes a deep discography and individual track credits. Not that it matters much. While Julee Cruise (Twin Peaks) is a marquee name, most of the pseudonyms make anonymity redundant. Khan, who made his name in Cologne, Germany, before expanding to Mexico, Brazil, and New York City, specializes in minimalist grooves, gentle gaits that serve as tranquil elements while sudden bursts of madness streak across the placid sky with the impact of a B-1 bomber. This surprise-attack approach is used throughout but is best heard on H.E.A.D.'s "EEFFSS Number 4," in which a funky keyboard loop is merged with the cinematic contours of strings and found noises. --Rob O'Connor

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