I was a big fan of Antix first two albums, but I can't really get into this one. I really don't know where everyone gets the minimal vibe from, cause too me it sounds like a mesh of various progressive stylings, with a hint of the typical Antix flavor, except that track Circade.
Maybe I just don't get it, but there are great ideas sprinkled throughout these tracks, but then they are not followed through. Take the track Flock for example, theres that great "dubby hook" that has great potential, but then it gets lost in the build-up of the track and doesnt do anything. Then in the end these techno'ish leads come creating a very "Berlin atmosphere", but when it gets going they are taken away. In the end, I have heard some great ideas, but I keep thinking "this is it???".
Same with Circade, the only track that IMHO ventures into minimal territory. When I first heard this track, for the first two minutes my brain started doing backflips and screaming "FUCK YEAHHHHHHHH!!!!!" but then:
Nothing.
The idea is just going nowhere. If you compare this track with regular minimal techno, the "experts" just make a lot more out of their few ideas. But usually they don't even sound half as good as Antix production-wise, but that's a whole other issue.
Well, these were just two examples. In general "Wanderers" is just a little too bland for my taste. I feel like there are just too many flavors thrown into the mixer, and out comes something that tastes like everything and nothing. Or, to be mean, compare it to mixing colours. If you mix all colours together, the result is brown
Anyways, thats just MHO, there is no reason you should listen to me, I have a small penis, so you never know what I'm trying to compensate that deficiency with.