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ILA026- Hrdvision (I Love Acid)
Title: ILA026
Artist: Hrdvision
Label: I Love Acid
Cat Number: ILA026
Genre: Techno
1: Startup
2: How The F It Trax
3: Revenge Body
4: Went Through My Heart
Hrdvision, a name I haven’t been keeping tabs on since the heady days of Wagon Repair, debuts on Posthuman’s I Love Acid with four solid, functional workouts that contain depth, distinction and dynamism. There’s an understatement at work in all of these tracks that I feel is essentially the key to a great acid tune: (with a few exceptions of course ‘Acperience’ being one that comes to mind). ‘How The F It Trax’ and ‘Revenge Body’ show this subtlety in their off beat approach, whereas both ‘Startup’ and perhaps the most conventional tune as far as 303 expectations are concerned, ‘ Went Through My Heart’ pick up the pace, with the former being an airy minimal acid romp by comparison to the latter’s denser approach. All good, with the two shorter, middle tracks going out on an interesting limb.
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
IRENICSPC008 - V/A (Irenic)
Title: IRENICSPC008
Artist: Various
Label: Irenic
Cat Number: IRENICSPC008
Genre: Dub Techno
01: Voyager 1 – Rinaldo Maka
02: Vibert – Fletcher
03: Magic River – Christine Benz
04: Taiga – Alessandro Crimi
The latest various artist release on Roger Gerressen’s always essential Irenic imprint brings together four tracks that, cover most dance floor-friendly dub techno bases, offering variety insofar as tempo and mood are concerned. Rinaldo Maka’s ‘Voyager 1’ is, as its name suggests, a cosmic pump into the outer limits. ‘Vibert’ goes beyond the dub to regale the listener with a piece of uplifting, low-slung, but hot weather deep house. The two eponymously geographical tracks that remain are perhaps the moodiest, with ‘Taiga’ all soaring synths and choral ambience, and ‘Magic River’ a solemn, slightly caustic, more tenacious piece. Essential shizzle.
