Artist(s) .........:: Black Asteroid
Title .............:: Black Acid EP
Genre .............:: Electronic
Record Label ......:: Electric Deluxe
Catalogue Number ..:: EDLX027
Source ............:: WEB
Quality ...........:: 320kbps avg / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Duration ..........:: 00:23:55 (55.1MB)
Release Date ......:: 13-09-2012
Support ...........:: http://www.beatport.com
Tracklist .........::
1. Black Acid 6:26
2. Hydrogen 6:32
3. Pressure 5:00
4. Lunar Landing 5:57
Release Note ......::
After exploding onto the scene last year with the highly charged and widely
acclaimed CLR debut, æThe Engine EPÆ, Bryan Black revises his BlackAsteroid
guise to present æBlack AcidÆ: five tracks of lab-crafted techno, and a deeply
groovy entry into the Electric Deluxe stable.
Whilst BlackAsteroid is still a fairly fledgling endeavour, BlackÆs production
credentials are as rich as they are steeped. Starting out at Paisley Park
Studios as a sound designer for Prince, Black proceeded to foment a passion for
techno as the other half of Motor. Signed to Novamute in 2003, over the course
of nearly a decade Black and his partner Olivier Grasset consolidated EBM,
industrial, pop and electro fusions into four albums and a string of EPs. But
it is as BlackAsteroid that Black has come into his own as a unique and highly
skilled sonic engineer, with æBlack AcidÆ marking further steps towards a
purer, and yet boundless engagement with techno.
ôThis EP is about chemistry and space. I chose to focus on raw, analogue
sounds. I spent a lot of time playing with white noise, static and sub bass,
often layering them together and coming up with new sounds in the process.ö
From the EPÆs punchy granular title track to the meticulous disorder
surrounding ôHydrogenö and palette of alien, mechanical sounds that proliferate
throughoutùdistinctly towards the EPÆs space-themed closers: ôPressureö, ôLunar
Landingö and ôLunar EscapeöùæBlack AcidÆ is an inventive and ever intriguing
record. Like some estranged and maverick alchemist, Bryan Black mixes drops of
discordant home-brewed noise with plenty of infectious floor-ready rhythms to
form compounds that transcend straight listening and danceable orientations.
Indeed, whether an aficionado of sound or simple beat junkie, æBlack AcidÆ will
lure you in with one and hook you with the other. Turn up the bass and dive
deep into its timbres to discover the weird and wonderful vistas of
BlackAsteroidÆs sonic imagining.
NOTE: There were only four tracks available on the beatport.com release. I
guess we'll have to wait for the Lunar Escape.