Title: Corporate Hell EP
Artist: Luke's Anger
Label: Co-Accused Records
Cat Number: CR007
Genre: Tracky
A1: Corporate Hell
A2: The Sentinel
B1: UFOh No!
B2: Haffa Bar Jack
I guess the highest compliment I can pay a release like this is that it wouldn’t sound too out of place had it been released on Relief around 30 years ago. And I hope that sounds like the compliment it’s supposed to be, rather than a thinly-veiled comment on a lack of imagination in house music nowadays. Because this is house, rather than techno, even though it wouldn’t be out of place in such a set. ‘Corporate Hell’ is an exuberant piece of four to the floor excellence. It’s energy is palpable and it’s impossible to listen to without smiling. ‘The Sentinel’ is more minimal and goes harder. The rimshots are amazing, as is the farting bottom heavy backdrop. ‘UFOh No!’ is where we cross over from house into techno proper I reckon. The groove is tighter, the hi hats more emphasised, and the funk reeks of insect menace. It jars in the best way possible. And ‘Haffa Bar Jack’ signs us off in a similar way to ‘Corporate Hell’ only everything is amped up and those bonkers noises that Neil Landstrumm used to specialise in have been enlisted to ensure dance floor mania. There are a lot of similar sounding releases to this around at the moment, there have been for a year or two now. However, this is possibly the best I’ve heard. “Superbe”, as they say in France.
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