At the time of it's release (remember when Electrix was a new offshoot of Tortured and not a well-established label?) this was a real ear-opener for me. I was not familiar with Umek's work, and the B-side's bouncy, metallic funky techno tracks especially blew me away. Two tracks of dirty, funky, dancefloor oriented electro occupy the A-side, but B1 is my favourite - there's a real richness to the Basic-Channel styled techno stabs and a super tight snappy rhythm in the snares, but all tracks have that underground rawness and a dark, menacing overtone to get the hairs on the back of your neck tingling while your feet keep moving.
At the time of it's release (remember when Electrix was a new offshoot of Tortured and not a well-established label?) this was a real ear-opener for me. I was not familiar with Umek's work, and the B-side's bouncy, metallic funky techno tracks especially blew me away. Two tracks of dirty, funky, dancefloor oriented electro occupy the A-side, but B1 is my favourite - there's a real richness to the Basic-Channel styled techno stabs and a super tight snappy rhythm in the snares, but all tracks have that underground rawness and a dark, menacing overtone to get the hairs on the back of your neck tingling while your feet keep moving.