Freez-E-Style / Pilldriver - Protectors Of Bass
Label:
Catalog#:
LOST 9
Format:
Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM
Country:
Germany
Released:
1995
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Hardcore,
Techno
Credits
Artwork By [Album Jacket] -
UnderCover FFM
Executive Producer [Final Execution] - Mover, The
Featuring - Demonic Force FFM, The
Mastered By - SST (8)
Performer, Written-by [Created By] - Protectors Of Bass
Executive Producer [Final Execution] - Mover, The
Featuring - Demonic Force FFM, The
Mastered By - SST (8)
Performer, Written-by [Created By] - Protectors Of Bass
Notes
Cold Rush Records - Music for huge space arenas -
The new breed of German hardcore from the depths of dangerous FFM underground
Created somewhere in the Lost Zones
Manufactured in Germany
Distributed by P.C.D.
Mastered at Schallplatten Schneid-Technik Brüggemann GmbH.
The new breed of German hardcore from the depths of dangerous FFM underground
Created somewhere in the Lost Zones
Manufactured in Germany
Distributed by P.C.D.
Mastered at Schallplatten Schneid-Technik Brüggemann GmbH.
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Reviews & Discussion
Pitch-Hiker is of course the most famous track, and yes it is quite powerful despite it's ultimate minimalism.. but i much prefer the track on the B-side, "Awake In Neo Tokyo". One of the best examples of genuinely dark "space arena" PCP hardcore. That mysterious drone has to be one of the most twisted sounds Trauner ever created..!
"Pitch-Hiker" is very obviously a remake of 1993's "Bass Drum & Hi-Hats" by "Wax" (on their "Motive"-EP, Belgium, USA Import Music). But the PCP-version is much better, of course. The bass is stronger, and it doesn't need any hi-hats at all to create its dark, hypnotic atmosphere - the track consists only of a simple, straight, but modulated and sometimes distorted bassdrum with some slight hall-effects. To be honest, the track has its lengths - and I think, there would have been much more potential of bassdrum-variation and listening-pleasure in this track -, but it is quite a smasher anyway and in the end you really think it's over too soon.
"Awake In Neo Tokyo" is a solid and dark PCP-tune, really a very good one, but nothing totally special. It features a very cool cyber-atmosphere, some asian-like and very catchy melody and a driving, deep beat - nothing more, but nothing less also.
"Awake In Neo Tokyo" is a solid and dark PCP-tune, really a very good one, but nothing totally special. It features a very cool cyber-atmosphere, some asian-like and very catchy melody and a driving, deep beat - nothing more, but nothing less also.
Pitch-Hiker is actually a remix of an early Belgian techno track called Bass Drum & Hi-Hats by Wax on USA Import Music, the arrangement is almost exactly the same. This really should have been given a credit on the record.
Pitch-Hiker aka 'The Bassdrum track" is a pcp dancefloor classic. Its a very simple track - just a relentless 4-to-the-floor modulated 909 kickdrum. I've never seen this track fail to get heads nodding and the dancefloor going. The simple beat and 909 sound are both infectious and irresistible. This track is very pure techno. The Cold Rush labels all have the words "Music For Huge Space Arenas" on them - I can't think of a better example of that than Pitch-Hiker.