The Field is Stockholm, Sweden native, Axel Willner. Following some remix work for Swedish pop/techno artists, The Field signed to German techno label Kompact, run by Willners hero Wolfgang Voight (GAS). Kompact were a suitable choice as the label who brought fun, feeling and a pop sensibility back into a po-faced techno (Tresor) Europe. From Here We Go Sublime expanded on the inclusiveness of Kompacts style by appealing to indie listeners by richening the techno/trance with chopped vocal samples (from Kate Bush, The Four Tops, Lionel Ritchie and The Flamingos), a midrangy production reminiscent of the shoegaze of Seefeel or Slowdive, and the heavy bass and treble signifier of club based dance music reduced in the mix to hazy thumps and swirling gaseous membranes, reminiscent of err...GAS
The outstanding track on this album (and one of 2007's) is the final track From Here We Go Sublime, here The Field creates a truly psychedelic electronic masterpiece using samples from The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You, however fans of the original (who isn't?) will know the 1950's production was already so far out, The Field need do little more than chop and loop, the epic reverb and echo of the source do the rest.
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