Ramp Age EP - Security DJ (Raw Culture)

Title: Ramp Age EP

Artist: Security DJ

Label: Raw Culture

Cat Number: RWCLTR013

Genre: Techno

1: Ramp Age (Asymmetrical Vocal Rev)

2: Domestic XS

3: Domestic XS (Cardopusher Remix)

4: Ghettonite

5: Club de Hashishins (+Rawmance)

6: Nessun Ricordo Dub

You can feel the sweat dripping off the walls as you listen to this very intense sextet. The beats grind themselves into your consciousness and fester like residual shockwaves, emitting power long after they’ve been extinguished. We’re talking the dark side of chug here, a soundtrack to accompany you across a minefield. The tracks are rigid, acidic, tracky stompers overlaid with effects, all of which are designed to disorientate. ‘Ghettonite’ and ‘Domestic XS’ eloquently summarise prime Relief era beat science, the latters’ remix raising the bar a little bit higher still. ‘Ramp Age’ is threatening and confrontational, but not as weird as ‘Club de Hashishins (+Rawmance)’, which draws on the psychedelic souk to go deep into the listeners neural nether regions. Brilliant, warped stuff which should carry a mandatory public health warning.