greetings
just back from a holiday so here is a..
[review]
btw the new mike p lp is gonna knock you all
for six - review soooooooonnnnnn;
squarepusher - big loada 12" (warp wap 92)
on this 7 (yes count em!) track ep, tom
[rightly] seems to be cocking a snook at
the sycophantic worshippers of the amen break
who proclaim that his music is not [real] drum
n bass, and even more incrediously you cant
dance to it
well..as the irdial slogan goes there are too
many fools following too many rules, and unlike
the wafer thin drum n bass legions tom j is not
one of em.
as with 'vic acid', toms muso tendencies (as
displayed on hard normal daddy) have taken
a back seat to be replaced by a motorway pile-up
of chaotic rhythm & compressed melodies, not
content with tearing up england's breakbeat
byways, tom is now streaking down the autobhan
at well in excess of 180bpm, the whole experiance
reminds me of childhood hours spent spinning records
round with your finger to see how they sound at
extremely fast speeds, you know..the chipmunk
effect.
do it with an ed rush 12 and you are half way
towards a big loada
its best to lie back and watch the whole thing
streeeeeeaaaaaaaakkkkkkkkk by, sonicly propulsed
towards its destination like a freshly unleashed
attack dog, the 7 selections batter you into
submission with twitching hyperactive synth lines
replacing slabbering jaws and honey soaked melodies
providing the only light relief
choice cut has to be tequila fish a spazzed out
jazzucial escape, play any miles davis record circa
on the corner backwards, add some lounge lizard
textures, a mercurial hip hop sample and voila,
the pusher has appeared
fun stuff, will annoy the purists even more (which i
am all for), but the question has to be asked a
big loada what?
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