TEKNONUTTER, Jun 30, 2006
One of DJ Hype's first proper 'ardkore offerings, a step away from his earlier bleepy breakbeat / techno co-productions with member groups "The Scientist" & "Kicksquad" which were more playful or melodic. This was also produced prior to the churning out of his mega fast, chopped up, jungle creations he was renowned for circa 1992 onwards.
Another co-production, this time, with Danny O'Shea & Mike James,"Untitled Revolution", is a brutal, tense nightmare of gritty darkness & paranoia. Sampling & messing up the "Fairy Dust" synth as the main theme, accompanied with snippets of dialogue from one of Martin Luther King's speeches, and some mind bending, seemingly scratched, electronic buzzing / hoover chaos & analogue bleeps. The whole track has a tense urgency helped along by the hard, relentless, steppy beats. Old school happy or piano ravers beware, this is definitely not for the faint-hearted.
"The Revolution Continues" is slightly stripped down & less vigorous with some of the samples left out, but still continues in the same psychotic vein.
"Wait 4 Me!" Is a slower, less urgent track than the other tracks, that said, it doesn't take away the neurotic nature of the sound. The track Sounds like a psychiatric patient's take on detroit inspired UK techno, thrown into a tumble dryer for good measure. Utilising, undulating analogue, bleepy synth sounds, over a simple, mid-tempo, syncopated, steppy break beat. The distressed, off-key female vocal sample "wait for me" incorporated amongst the madness makes perfect sense as this adds to the disturbing vibe of the track.
If some of Strictly Underground's roster wasn't actually that underground sounding, this particular release certainly is & imho, encapsulates the true meaning of the term "hardcore" & pre-dates many productions even under the "dark-core" style.
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