Doom Asylum
Stress Techno [12-inch; Hot Releases]

Finally, the techno resurgence touches down on Cerberus soil, giving us a taste of the stuff they’ve been mainlining in the UK and Detroit (and maybe a few other places?) for what seems like a good long while now. Doom Asylum throw down a vicious update on the tek-nough I remember from the 90s, also bringing the sort of sparkle you might expect from a Bames cut. Stress Techno is straight dance though, yo. Yo-yo, you know it, HA-HA-HAAA(?)! “A Cleaner House Everyday” is like a Rubik’s cube trying to put itself together, and when it fails to assemble itself completely you’ll beg for more time; just move the needle back. There’s a studious side to this track, “Enjoy Bright Leaf Hot Dogs,” and “Nope2” in particular, warping the project into a dizzying mind-melt and rendering a true dancefloor situation out of the question. Andrew Peterson, Doom’s namesake and former member of Yohimbe (maybe you know them? I don’t), isn’t quite as mutant-minded as, say, one of the Copeland brothers, but he’s the restless type, always twiggy-tweakin’ (and his jams, and his jam-hands/hand-jam) while many would sit back and let the beat ride out. He’s a scientist that happens also to possess the ability to make your body move, if you’re so inclined. This record is part of a really fucked-up batch of records I just got from Hot Releases so stay tuned if you want your brain to POP-FIZZZZ and splatter like a strawberry chainsaw waterfall (and I’m guessing that’s exactly what the-fuck you want).

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