Review: Ostensibly a response to techno being 'in such a sorry and predictable state', Full Pupp's latest compilation goes off in a number of wonderfully captivating tangents. Label owner Prins Thomas' "Mere Apokalypso" is a tripped-out groove, while his take on Synk's "Tool Mix" is an acid-laced chugger. In contrast, JaddajaddaPlay's "Bird No Bird" goes down a percussive route. Despite the title, techno does make an appearance. Blackbelt Engh Rhythm Combo's "Frydenlyn" is a rolling tribal affair, while trance influences bubble to the surface on Christian Engh's dubbed out "Khonsu" and Karolinski's high-paced, melodic "Slutt A Mase Eg Har Ikkje Spelt Pa Ei Veke".
Review: It's time to hop aboard the Full Pupp Express once more. This time round, our drivers are SGurvin and Krass, two producers making their bow on Prins Thomas's long-running label. 'Subway Rails' lives up to its name, delivering a hypnotic, body-rattling ride full of whizzing percussion, moody riffs, rave-igniting electronics and jacking beats. The pair's love of dirty analogue basslines and mind-melting electronic motifs is explored further on the techno-tempo sweatiness of 'Trespassing', while 'Clouds Building Up' is an insanely fast, mind-bending stomp through pulsating, dark-room techno territory. If that's not enough to set the pulse racing, we also get a tidy Prins Thomas rework of 'Merging Flora' that adds ghostly synthesizer chords, broken computer electronics and spacey dub techno pads to a squelchy but driving groove.
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