Syntheme, Ed DMX, Vibert, Various

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4...according to our Ant on Thu 24 Jan, 2008.

I am Ant and I fookin love a bit of acid me. Chicago acidhouse and jack tracks will always have a special place in my heart. The last few years have seen a revival in the more Chicago inspired style after the mid 90's were swamped with harder tracks coming out of Europe and the midwest USA. Anyone that's heard Ed DMX spin knows that he's a man who knows his acid as does Chris Moss and they both recently had EP's out on Jamal Moss' Mathematics label. On Various Acid, a quality comp from the heart of the European underground, thier slightly tongue in cheek opener 'Bang The Gong' sees the pair tweaking the Roland kit in fine style. Then The Dissonants (DMX, David Rainger and Nick Hutton) bang out an oldskool cut that could have appeared on 808 State's classic 'Newbuild' LP. Todd Osbourne and EDMX's 'Think' is a fine squelchy comatose acid number with thick drums, sharp snares and a fat wobbling 303 line. Andy Jenkinson's 'Acid Cormorant' wanders into acid funk with a cool house vibe. Cylob goes for a dark warehouse stomper while Syntheme goes for a twisted mucky builder. The real surprise here is from Yuri Lewitt who I'm unfamiliar with a sweet chord driven track with some proper filthy squelchy acid. Luke Vibert ends proceedings with a 'Lovers ' style groover. Aciiiedd 2X12" on Belgium's Mewe.

V/A "Various Acid"

The genre-bending artists such as Ed DMX, Chris Moss, Todd Osborn (SoundMurderer), Ceephax, Cylob, Syntheme, Yuri Lewitt and Luke Vibert need no introduction.
United on this record to celebrate the magic vibe of acid, each of them with their own personnality.
When we thought we seen it all, this piece of wax goes a step further then your usual acid; it's more than a compilation, it's a modern acid manifesto!!
This is Acid!

Tracklisting:

A1 "Bang The Gong" by EDMX & Chris Moss
     Written and produced by Ed DMX & Chris Moss
A2 "Reach Up!" by Dissonants
     Written and produced by Nick Hutton, Ed DMX & David Rainger
B1 "Think" by Todd Osborn & EDMX
     Written and produced Todd Osborn & Ed DMX
B2   "Acid Cormorant" by Ceephax
     Written and produced by Andy Jenkinson
C1 "Kweaidac" by Cylob
     Written and produced by Chris Jeffs
C2 "Dual Monitors" by Syntheme
     Written and produced by Syntheme
D1 "Bombers Acid" by Yuri Lewitt
     Written and produced by Yuri Lewitt (Courtesy of FirstCask records)
D2 "Presidential Acid" by Luke Vibert
     Written and produced by Luke Vibert