Title: Trip ll Insanity
Artist: Dean Man's Chest X King Cutlass
Label: Sneaker Social Club
Cat Number: SNKR051
Genre: Hardcore Innit
1: Ride The Storm
2: We Control
3: Ananda Tandava
4: Heart Of The Sun
5: Trip ll Insanity
6: Kantankerous
I do like an aptly named track, and they don’t come moreso than ‘Ride The Storm’, which is a veritable maelstrom. Control is everything in such a tune. The chaos subdued by discipline and, paradoxically, disorder. And then ‘We Control’ pops up. Another romp in the rave chasm. It’s a cyborg call to arms with knobs on. There’s also a disembodied shout, the most recognisable word of which is “fucking”. Which is essential for dance floor nutcases everywhere..I mean I could never get away myself with playing music like this.I don’t think I really want to. DJing it must be like being at the wheel of a quickly sinking ship. “If I’m going down then you’re all coming with me!” It’s a real skill though, mainitaing the momentum and the energy. ‘Ananda Tandava’ sort of blends all the high points of a set into one honed sonic battle weapon. It’s absolutely raging. And in spite of me leaning much more to the electro, deep house end of the spectrum, it really is a pity that many more people don’t know that this music exists. ‘Heart Of The Sun’ does what it says on the tin. It takes you right there. You can feel yourself vaporising as you listen to it. It’s one long rave scream of pain. And you’d better be ready for ‘ Trip ll Insanity’. The title track slaps it on so thick that its almost impossible to breath. Finally, ‘Kantankerous’ is a fluctuating journey up and down the rave pit. It feels like you’re trapped on a lift that refuses to stop. It just goes up and down until your senses are percolated beyond belief. Put this on and listen to the whole lot through headphones. Better than any roller coaster, it’s so ridciculously good I can’t stop laughing. Laughing from the sensation of having a brain transplant with no anaesthetic.
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