BRAND NEW label from one third of the Airecords founding team.
Steve Hyland aka Normal starts off his label with 'the trainers
ep' from 'The Collectors' which is actually Yunx from airecords
fame under a new GUISE...those aliases are everywhere.
"Air Max" is up first and grinds us into the dirt with
a train track electro crush waveform that doesn’t take any prisoners
at all. Continuing with the assault, layers of beat processed
warblings float through the glowing sky whilst thin layers of
data wobble, gyrate and crisp themselves in preparation for the
electronic rumblings that are sure ahead. Quality track with infinite
depth and overlapping goodness which can’t help itself but escape.
"Waffle" takes the neon coloured baton and sprints
off around the banked corner with a communication smile and arms
and legs flopping around like crazy. Clicking beats and the remnants
of a rebooted server jack themselves together whilst a spiraling
tower of information leans and sways about on its axis on the
edge of collapse. Take all of your robot helpers out to this one
and dance the night away in the darkest and smokiest corner you
can find. Awesome.
"Stan Smith" doesn’t even stop to draw a mechanized
breath, and it’s already swarming over you, converting the information
it has received into a perfect clone of yourself. The clone clicks
and pops into life and drops a thudding heartbeat for everyone
to start moving along to. Wavey bubbles of power ups blended perfectly
with a tiny robotic laugh fill the room and begin to infect everyone
with a hidden but super contagious rhythm. Dirty and old photocopiers
spin and shuffle on the spot and fax machines back flip constantly
spitting out rainbow coloured slices of acetate every time they
land. It’s all good! Its time to machine!
"Shell toe" starts off minimally with a small cube
of scuffling beats and then quickly engulfs you in a cloud of
energy. Thuds, dirty but clean synths and illegal polygons all
join in and cover all surfaces with a transparent layer of Detroit
styled house, whilst the old timers calmly nod their heads in
appreciation in the corner. Crisp stuff.
'Trainers ep' is a refreshing piece of music. It doesn’t let
itself fall into one side or another music wise, and just keeps
the quality coming throughout with partly digested energon cubes
and 3am scrapings all stitched together with cleverly programmed
beats and treats.
I recommend taking a bit of time with a good pair of headphones
and letting this one have full access to your core control panel,
superb stuff.
Killer debut release on a new label, keep em coming.
Sam