Name: Point 2
Brand: James Ruskin

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

TRESOR145

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Black

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Download code

Download code: Yes

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Double 180 Gram Vinyl.

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-04-14

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

666017338613

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Total Cap

Black LPx2

Artist

James Ruskin

Genre GB

Techno / Electro

Label GB

Tresor

James Ruskin is a Croydon-born (1972) and -based techno producer and DJ. With a background in hip hop, electro, and the emerging Detroit techno scenes, he was inspired to become a DJ in 1991. By 1994, he began producing music with his studio partner Richard Polson. Together, they founded Blueprint in 1996.
As Blueprint grew, Ruskin released his first solo tracks and collaborated as a remixer and co-producer. He also held a residency at Circulation.
With influences from artists like Oscar Mulero, Planetary Assault Systems, Regis, and Surgeon among others, James Ruskin has carved out his own unique sound within the techno genre.

Tresor is a Berlin-based techno label that was founded in July 1991 by Dimitri Hegemann. The label takes its name from the techno club that was established in an underground vault after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Tresor was formerly a division of another label, and it has undergone changes to its label code over the years.

From 1991 to 2002, Tresor had the label code LC 7572 / LC 07572. Afterward, from 2002 onwards, the label's code changed to LC 3702 / LC 03702.

Tresor has played a significant role in shaping the techno music scene with its authoritative presence and influential releases. With its roots deeply embedded in Berlin's rich musical history, Tresor continues to be at the forefront of electronic music innovation and remains a respected force within the industry.

New mastering, new cut, two tracks previously uncut on vinyl, new artwork. First released in 2000, it marked a fine debut that entrenches the minimal sequences, utilitarian funk and eerie hypnosis found within Ruskin's body of work. As Tresor's relationship with the UK sound grew stronger across the course of the '00s, it was Ruskin, the label owner of Blueprint Records, who played a critical part in this. Throughout the trio of LPs released over that decade, inspirations of the sci-fi minimal Detroit sound lie abundant, rendered through corporeal slammers typical of the UK vein.

Point 2 was the first of Ruskin's trilogy for Tresor, and brought a direct and uncompromising vibrancy to the fore, from the aquatic symphony featured on From Over The Edge to the pinpoint gaze of Subject. Gurning loops beat against alien samples, drained into refined abstractions of pure techno. Newly remastered and featuring two tracks previously not cut onto vinyl, this upfront and bold classic is set to span dancefloors once again.

Point 2

Music GB