Review: There aren't any prizes for guessing that Dario Evangelista's latest release under his Enter The Void alias follows a distinctive, acid-soaked direction. As the EP title suggests, PR303 101 is all about the sounds that emulate from the famed Roland box. "90's Acidcore" recalls Hardfloor at their most intense, with rolling snares powering the squelching acid lines on to spine-tingling crescendos. "Impulsive Mass" is more streamlined and linear, with Evangelista dropping 303 stabs over a rolling groove. He returns to a raw sound on "Tribal Ritual", where searing acid splurges over fragmented, spiky percussion. The reverberating breaks on "Like The Heaven" call to mind tripped out 90s break beat techno from Josh Wink and Hardkiss, but with a foreboding undercurrent.
Cult Of Tau (Assembler Code remix) - (4:51) 70 BPM
Cosmopendium (original mix) - (5:02) 68 BPM
Chariot Of Love (original mix) - (4:49) 100 BPM
Review: Next up on Dance Trax is Kill The Void with an exhilarating debut for the label. Inspired by a range of electronic influences, this duo nonetheless manages to stamp their own identity on this release. The title track is a grinding, acid-laden affair with an ebm-style bass at its core, while the Assembler Code remix of "Cult..." transposes this low end to a spiky electro rhythm. Meanwhile on "Cosmopolitan", the French act fuses trance's darker excesses with a pounding industrial techno rhythm. The only deviation from their dance floor approach is the downtempo "Chariot of Love", but even here Kill The Void use similar textures to their club work to conjure up a menacing musical experience.
Review: Holland's Shipwrec label has been on an unstoppable roll since 2015, and the label just keeps on delivering new and impressive music of all sorts shapes and sizes. Releases from Edman, Drvg Cvltvre or Delta Funktionen have given the label a distinctive electro feel, but this new mini LP from The Void Pointers offers something more abstract and aurally involving. From "Function" though to "Memcpy" and "Deference", there is a cold and misty presence that fails to wither away into thin air. Instead, the EP manages to retain a concrete shape and sense of direction among the hollow patterns of drone.
Review: Inhabiting a place where techno, ebm and punk all co-exist, the latest release from Kill The Void is a raucous affair. The title track sees toytown riffs unfold over a bruising, pumping rhythm, while "Vehement" is a frenetic ride through noisy techno - like Boyz Noize on a bad trip. "Trans Express" sees the French duo take a darker turn, with insistent bleeps fused with tranced out riffs over pounding, distorted kicks. By contrast, "Talk Fiction" is a more conventional techno track, as Kill The Void drop Pump Panel-style acid and dramatic trance builds, but it's an exception here, with "Sentient Gods" serving up more oddball, noisy club fare.
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