SFV Acid - SFV Acid #2 (CD, Vinyl LP)

Really like SFV ACID, a.k.a Reseda, California’s Zane Reynolds. His debut for PPM (‘New West Coast’) and the recent 12” he put out on 100% Silk were both sick. Zane returns with a ‘sort of’ new album in the guise of SFV ACID Vol #2, which is, infact, a collection of early tape jamz made in his college years prior his two available releases.

I listened to this a couple of times before realising that fact and thought to myself ‘this is way more playful and scrapbook than his other stuff’. It’s got that ‘don’t give a fuck’ Ceephax Acid style going on where anything goes. The beats are commonly super crude, the keyboard sound cheap as shit, random sampling and cosmic acid jamz are everywhere and you get a nice mix of both goofball deliberately more focused tunes all mashed in together. The mix is not only gratifying to listen to but gives you an insight into one of the more exciting artists evolving out of the emerging DIY dance movement in the US.

Can’t say it doesn’t remind me of the works of some of the UK’s most revered late ‘80s and early ‘90s producers - which in itself is very endearing. Said this once already today but this record is a must own.