This week, I have mostly been listening to these...
1) Rowland The Bastard - Freakshow - Abstraction Records
Discogs Link: http://www.discogs.com/release/392592
This wouldn't have sounded out of place on Smitten in my opinion. Creepy voodoo sounding drum loops and fat acid. Nice!
2) Chris Liberator & The Geezer - Face The Speaker - Amnesia
Discogs Link: http://www.discogs.com/release/242841
The one and only release on this label (as far as I know), and although both sides are spot on, Chris & Guy's side smacks it. High quality, frantic acid trance with a superb "Face the speaker" vocal, and leading up to and into the break, the 4, 3, 2, 1 countdown sample.
3) Arkatek - Wade - Skyride Records
Discogs Link: http://www.discogs.com/release/211128
An often overlooked label, but there's been some solid releases on Skyride. Really simple track, and simple acid line three quaters of the way through. Pretty pacey track as well.
4) Cygnus X - Hypermetrical (Secret Knowledge's erupting bishop mix) - Eye Q
Discogs Link: http://www.discogs.com/release/351678
Nice acid trance track from Kris Needs and the Drummer. I didn't realise until recently just how many remixes of tracks these guys did, and how many diferent genre types.
5) Balloonheads - You Like This? - Ballonheads
Discogs Link: http://www.discogs.com/release/52985
Ignore the low Discogs rating, this track (well both sides actually) rocks like fu*k. Really uplifting in places, dark in others. If you liked the other Balloonheads releases on Smitten, and their own label, you need this!
6) Lab 4 - CE1 - Choci's Chewns
Discogs Link: http://www.discogs.com/release/244846
Stadium sized acid techno sounds from Lab 4. This will always remind me of Ramos playing at Dreamscape 27 in the main arena at The Bath & West Showground, and the whole arena, normally a hardcore and D&B one, was utterly jam packed and seriously rocking. I think he also played Chris Lib, Drummer & Choci's "Welcome To A New World" on Choci's Chewns as well. Also a class track!
