Title: The Shadow Acid Files EP
Artist: Shadow Acid
Label: Exalt Records
Cat Number: Exalt 003
Genre: Techno/Breaks
A1: Brainforest
B1: Diode Ladder
B2: Another Chance
C1: Timescape (Extrawelt Remix)
C2: Seahawk
D1: Timescape (EP version)
D2: Loop 1
D3: Loop 2
D4: Loop 3
D5: Loop 4
D6: Loop 5
D7 Loop 6
The world of Shadow Acid is dense, pounding and sometimes claustrophobic. The flip side to that is an deft use of eponymous flourishes that always allows the music to breath and, in doing so, creates space and new worlds. Once impetus has been gained a new species of music of the spheres is born with its focus on throwing shapes rather than chin stroking, you can do that too though. ‘Brainforest’ is thirteen minutes long, but doesn’t feel it, the whimsical flourishes of the 303 plotting its course as the crow flies. This sets the tone for the rest of the record. ‘Diode Ladder’ and ‘Another Chance’ squiggle their way forward with great vitality, while both versions of ‘Timescape’ are similar enough, but distinguished by the deeper bass of the remix. ‘Seahawk’ is the most radical tune here, going all out towards the end after having been quite placid before. And it’s bass and breaks which guide these tracks every bit as much as acid styles, coalescing to show off a dynamic sonic range.
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