Strategy
A project of Portland, Oregon-based DJ and multi-instrumentalist Paul Dickow -- also a member of Nudge and Fontanelle -- Strategy fuses dub, funk, house, disco, ambient, and pop into a uniquely shimmering, free-flowing, genre-defying sound. Dickow began working as Strategy in 1999, using an intricate and deeply layered approach that he debuted with 2001's Counter-Clangs single on Archigramophone. He released his first full-length, Strut, two years later on Outward Music Company, and also remixed a track for Stars as Eyes on the Tigerbeat6 label. Singles and EPs on ORAC and Shockout followed. In 2004, Strategy debuted on Kranky with Drumsolo's Delight, which had a more structured feel than his debut. Dickow also founded the Community Library label with David Chandler, aka Solenoid; the label released Strategy's 2005 12" single World House. Remixes for Nice Nice, the Blow, and the Juan Maclean followed, along with 2006's Fields of May single. Future Rock, Strategy's most complex yet accessible work to date, was released in 2007. Ambient album Music for Lamping arrived on Audio Dregs early the following year. This was followed the by Krautrock-influenced Electric Soup EP on Low Point and blown-out dub 7" Noise Tape Reggae on Entr'acte.
Strategy kept quiet for the next couple years, only issuing two limited 3" CD-R releases in 2009. The project returned to vinyl in 2011 with the EP Super Awareness Is Fruit on U.K. label Under the Spire. Deep house single "The Fixer" appeared on Japanese label Endless Flight shortly after. 12" EP Boxy Music surfaced on Not Not Fun sub-label 100% Silk in early 2012. 7" single "Dub in My System" appeared on ZamZam Sounds that summer, along with another 12" on Endless Flight, "Luna." In September, Strategy's ambitious self-titled LP, featuring appearances by guest musicians including Thomas Meluch (Benoit Pioulard) and Fred Thomas, was the first released on Los Angeles-based Peak Oil. Cassette What If? was issued by Boomarm Nation by the year's end. 2013 saw Strategy nod to the U.K. house scene with the 12" single "Return from the Stars" on Idle Hands. Another dub-influenced 7" on ZamZam Sounds, "Clocky Man," appeared at the end of the year.
Strategy returned to Peak Oil in 2014 with the rave-influenced Pressure Wassure 12" EP. Cassette releases also appeared on 100% Silk (Boxology) and Field Hymns (Cerebral Hut aka Off the Grid) that year. 2015 saw the release of three full-length Strategy LPs: related albums Seeds of Paradise (on Idle Hands) and Pods of Punishment (on Entr'acte) both arrived in March, and Noise Tape Self (containing tape loop pieces recorded between 2008 and 2010) was released by Further Records in June. The same label also put out Strategy's next album, Information Pollution, in February of 2016.
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Blue Mile
Of The Trees, Barclay Crenshaw, Strategy
Elettronica - Pubblicato da Memory Palace il 1 dic 2023
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Marka
Dub Phizix, Skeptical, Strategy
Drum & Bass - Pubblicato da Exit Records il 19 dic 2011
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Graffiti in Space
Elettronica - Pubblicato da Constellation Tatsu il 17 gen 2023
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Unexplained Sky Burners
Elettronica - Pubblicato da Peak Oil il 30 set 2022
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The Adelphi Lads Club - EP
Hip-Hop/Rap - Pubblicato da Tru Thoughts il 28 giu 2019
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Future Rock
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da kranky il 21 mag 2007
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The Babbling Brook
Ambient - Pubblicato da Longform Editions il 14 ott 2020
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Lunar Eclipse (Alix Perez Remix)
Drum & Bass - Pubblicato da 1985 Music il 1 dic 2023
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Carbon Footprint
Drum & Bass - Pubblicato da Crack Copies il 27 mag 2022
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Drumsolo's Delight
Elettronica - Pubblicato da kranky il 26 apr 2004
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Undercurrent
Generi vari - Pubblicato da Shogun Audio il 28 apr 2023
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Seeds of Paradise
Dance - Pubblicato da Idle Hands il 16 mar 2015
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Greengate Adhesive (Visages Remix)
Elettronica - Pubblicato da Deep Dark & Dangerous il 17 nov 2023
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World House
House - Pubblicato da Community Library il 14 dic 2009
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Premium Grease
Hip-Hop/Rap - Pubblicato da Tru Thoughts il 2 set 2021
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Lanterns
Drum & Bass - Pubblicato da Exit Records il 27 apr 2018
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