Shuttle358

Released in 1999 on Taylor Deuprees 12k label, optimal.lp was the debut album by Dan Abrams under his Shuttle358 moniker. For its 25th anniversary, Keplar presents it on vinyl for the first time with three previously unreleased tracks—the digital version also includes an alternative version of Tank«—as well as a new artwork recreated by Daniel Castrejón and a remaster by Andreas [LUPO] Lubich based on the original pre-masters that were been restored and cleaned up for the reissue project by Abrams. optimal.lp was inspired by the rich tradition of ambient music and the rhythmic complexity of 1990s electronica while also sharing many traits with the then-emerging clicks n cuts movement, making it a true sui generis piece of work—both informed by tradition and visionary, idiosyncratic and seminal for many artists after him.

• 01 swarm
• 02 slowly in
• 03 next
• 04 gone
• 05 optimal
• 06 floops
• 07 emergent
• 08 system
• 09 tank
• 10 flux
• 11 reverse flow
• 12 zet