Sub002
From the seething, slippery swill of beer, piss and fag butts at Glasgow’s underbelly has arisen the ugly head of Gist. Once an accomplished classical musician, Gist has ditched all that shit for the heights and depths of the fast lane. And from the sound of this record he has seen them. The man is a born rock star with a flawed charm and a vocal grit that is genuine ‘dark caberet’. At the controls stand two maverick scally’s of Scotland’s electro breaks scene: Sleepless Crew who have recently been attracting attention from all quarters not least from the charts of Mssr Weatherall.
Flip this brass disc and you will be forgiven for thinking Dopplereffekt have been resurrected: Dirty Blonde Mix from Sleepless Crew sports jittery bass bubbles and metallic snare splash, a loose b-boy flair that will keep all you electro commando’s happy until we all get our brain’s chipped. The Subplate massive keep best til last with Vibrator Love Mix, a deadly electro-step track grinds along, decimating bowels with some kind of evil bionic bass charge and unsteady sonar bleeps. Fierce, brash with a tactile sound that you feel in your heart. And your pants. Hear this in your local Friday night booze-hole or else get yourself a clean copy from down the shops, its nasty.
reviewed by CODED SOUL >> REBEL CODE