It's easy to imagine the titular opener as the climax to an explosive 5AM warehouse party. It's a ball of clanking neon energy, swapping from full-throttle Detroit banger to something even tougher and leaner as it rockets through its run time. The result is serious but fun, sincere yet silly. The situation where too many listens may drive you insane! —this is four-on-the-floor techno, mean and propulsive with a huge drop and wicked twist.
Next up is 'Akushon' with its bouncy kick and nagging arppegio pinging against a clapping and shuffling drum rhythm. The intensity slow cranks up as sinister laughter and a nagging synth line morph into a chiming alarm bell before the tension eventually collapses into a monster bolts of 80's Italo noise.
Rounding the package off, North East compadre Man Power chips in with a remix of 'Akushon. Bringing a bucket full of sunshine and some trademark subtle 808 he turns the tension up to maximum with an epic intro while somehow simultaniously keeping the track restrained. Prefering to keep the vibe bubbling under rather than bang the kitchen sink in. In less skilled hands this could easily have turned into a big, dumb 'house slammer' with fat basslines, and rave stabs, but Man Power skillfully delivers a lesson in understated drama.
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Till next time. Big love.
Mark. X
