Perhaps a little off-topic for IDM, but these labels are both purveyors
of some profoundly twisted weirdcore, and are therefore worthy of at
least two or three posts of information.
Praxis put out mindbendingly hard, intelligently-crafted techno. They
first came to my attention with the "Qual" EP by Bourbonnese Qualk, which
is still one of the crunchiest records I own, if no longer one of the
fastest (I think my Delta 9 records (which are DEFINITELY not idm) hold
that honor). Other Praxis material I've heard lives up to that
uncompromising standard. The sounds of machines eating themselves, more
or less.
PCD is a more slippery fish. It's a polymorphous entity, comprising
Planet Core Productions (PCP), Dance Extacy 2001, Super Special, and
about a zillion other sub-labels that are used seemingly completely
randomly. The most notable PCD artist is the Mover, who also records
under the names Mescalinium United, Trip Commando, Alien Christ, and
Lunatic Asylum. Mescalinium United, of course, is the originator of the
track "We Have Arrived," which Richard James remixed to such great effect
that it somehow ended up on Aphex Twin _Classics_, credited to him. I've
always thought that to be a little strange.
In any case, I will buy any of the Mover's records I see on sight.
They're somewhat hard to find here in the States, but they're all
timeless rave tracks. His music is the soundtrack for stadiums at 3 in
the morning, as Derek Oliver has on many occasions. Total peak-hour
fucked up weirdness. I love the Mover.
(And the old Ilsa Gold records on PCD aren't half-bad either.)
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