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Clouds
Tannhauser Acid Works Pt. 1
[Turbo Recordings]
One thing that you definitely can’t accuse Clouds of is being one dimensional. From their beginnings producing ravey, big room electro house to their current interest in crunchy, dark, techno, whatever they’ve decided to have a go at, it’s been well-received. Tannhauser Acid Works Pt. 1, their latest effort on Tiga’s equally versatile Turbo Recordings, demonstrates their propensity for the latter, and shows they’re a force to be reckoned with in both the mainstream and underground arenas.
Those Cracks In Your Face, Do They Hurt? is probably the most apt title for any track of the last few years. Utterly brutal, grinding and unforgiving, TCIYFDTH? is dark, twisted warehouse techno at its best. The percussion is rugged, distorted and rolling, incorporating organic tribal rhythms with robotic, metallic clicks and clunks to devastating effect. Heavily reverbed kicks and grimey sub bass add to the track’s sinister nature, which is rounded off with a garbled, freaky vocal loop that receives lots of clever edits throughout.
Truss’ remix breaks down the original into a filthy, syncopated, industrial techno bomb. Heavily distorted kicks pound away underneath static washes, bursts of white noise, menacing percussive loops, and a barely recognisable remnant of the original’s vocal. Stick with this one the whole way and you might just see what the open gates of Hell look like; that is if the increasing levels of distortion and sheer “fuck off” nature of the track don’t turn you catatonic first.
Krafterah would easily be at home in a Surgeon or Regis set, perfectly combining thunderous broken beats with choppy, garage-style percussion and huge, nasty bass growls. Add in some ludicrously overdriven acid lines, down-tuned ghetto style vocals and periods of noise experimentation and you’ve got yourself a serious weapon. If this is part one, I’m almost scared to think what part two is going to sound like.
