Review: Under the DAWL alias, Darren Woollard has carved out a niche as a purveyor of retro-futurist gems that regularly draw on classic bleep, breakbeat hardcore, acid and electro for inspiration. He's at it again on this killer EP for Acid Boom, which sees the nostalgia-fired producer charge between bleeping, acid-fired sleaziness ('Soundwave Disorder'); LFO-inspired electro-breaks weightiness (the creepy sci-fi chords, angular melodies and booming bass of 'High Gain'); TB-303-heavy jack tracks ('Close Your Eyes', with its intense acid lines and sweaty drum machine percussion); and bustling acid-breaks business (the hip-house breakbeat-driven dancefloor funk of 'I Am The Energy'). All killer, no filler!
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