“Satellite (Sputnik mix)” by Anthony Watkins Embodies the Broad Vistas and Possibilities of the Human Imagination

Anthony Watkins’ slowly evolving dynamic on “Satellite (Sputnik mix)” evokes a sense of elegantly fluid movement. The building and dissolving tone over and around the minimal techno beat and rapidly echoing and decaying vocal sample marking the paces conveys a sense of wonder and openness appropriate to the title of the song. Like a snapshot of the life of that early satellite invoked in the sub-name of the mix as it traversed the sky marking an era of Cold War paranoia but also human technical achievement and in itself in the popular imagination the suggestion of endless possibilities of human achievement through creative use of technology. Surely an apt symbol for a song assembled from very basic elements but expressive of so much more than each alone. Listen to “Satellite (Sputnik mix)” on Soundcloud where you can hear some of Anthony Watkins’ other fine work in the realm of minimal techno.