Description:	CD on Planet Mu
	Format:	CD
	Genre(s):	Acid / Acid House
	Label:	Planet Mu
	Price:	£10.29
	Availability:	Dispatched within 2-5 days (on average).

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...according to our Mingus on 14 February 2008.

Debut album from one Libby Floyd on Planet Mu as The Doubtful Guest entitled 'Acid Sauna'. Much has been made of her training as an opera singer but there's certainly no evidence of that here. Instead we are treated to eight tracks of the most curious of hybrids that includes a mish mash of genres and styles that summon up what can only be described as post-rave. The tempos are all over the shop, the programming somewhat off kilter in places; with acidic swirls, eurosynth textures, Amen breaks and techno bounce. The darkness that abounds reminds me of a DJ set somewhere around the graveyard shift where there's one or two casualties bouncing off the wall in a mentalist-had too much drugs kinda fashion. The dynamics are broken up with the introduction of the odd reggae influence (King Tubby and Horace Andy are referenced), hip hop/booty MC's, along with some ambient-ish washes and orchestral like arrangements. The key word here is 'mentalist', one that generally fits the Planet Mu aesthetic but, overall dissappoints the techno/electronica purist outlook of the towers office. No doubt this will sell by the bucket load to 'kids' that never experience the true rave vibe first time around. Sorry to sound patronsing, but this no holds barred approach to gabber/techno rave-by-numbers really does nothing for me.

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What their label says...

The Doubtful Guest’s debut album ushers in a new era of acid. Gone are the electro party jams, gone the funky squiggle. This is dark, suffocating stuff full of nightmares and claustrphobic details that send shivers up your spine.
References would include Coil, Marc Acardipane, Scott Brown or Neophyte. Not afraid to show her classical upbringing (she trained as an opera singer) and jazz heritage (granddaughter of J.B. Floyd), Libby Floyd (London
resident formerly of Chicago) has infused the sound of rave with doom and dread. Inducing panic on the dancefloor, cuts like the eleven minute ’Slaves’ build into writhing acid anthems that ebb and flow like some viscous substance in your mind.
Cut and mastered at 45 rpm on triple vinyl for maximum playability and reproduction of detail.

TRACKS:
- cd: 01 SLAVES (11:20) 02 TUBBY (8:51) 03 DRUNKY (6:41) 04 NEIGHBOURHOOD (5:45) 05 STALLINANDARKNESS (7:49) 06 BRULUSH (6:05) 07 RUFFPET (L.H.S. MIX) (7:47)
- 3LP: A SLAVES (11:20) B: TUBBY (8:51) C: DRUNKY (6:41) D: STALLINANDARKNESS (7:49) E: NEIGHBOURHOOD (5:45) BRULUSH (6:05) F: RUFFPET (L.H.S. MIX) (7:47)