Out today on Evil Plans Records is this six track EP from Man2.0, four new tracks and a pair of remixes, all dedicated to the art of acid bangers. Opening track Paperclip Theory opens with some intent, the hammer of a synth joined by the harder hammer of a kick drum and then a hi- hat. Various wigged out, synapse busting acid synth squiggles writhe around, everything streamlined and pointing in one direction. It's followed by Seraphim which doesn't let up and takes even fewer prisoners, bursts of siren- like bleeps and filters riding over four four drums. A robotic voice picks up, spelling things out.
Seraphim is present in remixed form too, Blavatsky & Tolley on remix duties, a slightly less acidic , more electro- chug version, the robot voice pitched further up and sounding more unhinged than it did in the original. The Blavatsky & Tolley remix chugs on for seven and a half minutes without ever outstaying its welcome, synths and sequencers repeating their endless patterns.
Blavatsky & Tolley, if you needed a reminder, remixed BTCop's Just A Disco at the tail end of 2022, a barnstorming, slow mo version of the original with a single vocal line, 'Just a fuckin' disco', inspired by an Andrew Weatherall interview where he pointed out that dancing in dark rooms to repetitive music with coloured lights and some was just that, but also so much more.
The Seraphim EP continues with Vantablack, five minutes of acid wonkiness, and then You Turn To Stone, exhilarating raved up acid madness. The EP is completed by Ed Tomlinson's remix of Vantablack which lulls you into a false sense of security before everything loopy with wiggly synth lines, huge bass and cymbal crashes. An 808 acid squiggle and some laughter kicks in, more ascending synths, more cymbals, more drums, more laughter, more rave, more acid....
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