Made In Belgium, by V/Vm (12" on Weme)

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This record left our Brian feeling ecstatic.

Always heartily chuckled when I heard V/VM's warped dismemberments of popular chart faves. Always hid behind the sofa when he did his threatening take on dark ambience & always had to go to the doctors when exposed to his uber-harsh take on power electronics. Now the man seems quite content to pay homage to one of his favourite genres ever. The Belgian acid splattered new beat sound. Whilst Aphex goes back to his roots with airy analogue electro-tech, V/VM explores the origins of this thundering mid tempo revolution from the late 80's, coming up with his 2nd hugely authentic take on the original body rocking sound. 'Made In Belgium' contains 4 tracks dripping with menace, groove & sex. Dirty, grubby sex. This is the music that you imagine playing in an anti ecstacy awareness propaganda film, imagine a warehouse full of wild, ragged kids frugging away, lost in a deeply rythmical vacant trance. It's not pleasant but is utterly thrilling & visceral & more importantly sounds completely timeless. New beat seems to be V/VM's real passion, rather than his usual contempt (hahaha!). It shows in the depth & full hypnotic darkness of these excellent tunes. Yes, compared to so much current electronic music, these tracks sound like the bloody future to me! 4 track Belgian import 12" on We Me & a self released budget CD, 'Sabam' which contains all the tracks from both 12"s plus some extra bits for you non vinyl heathens!! Hugely recommended & my record of the week!!!

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