Actress
Honest Jon’s Records / 2010 / try part1 part2 / buy
“Throughout Splazsh it feels like we’re listening to an artist for whom techno is an inspiration, but not something that he wishes to imitate; indeed, techno is to Splazsh what garage was to Burial’s debut LP; ever-present, a foundation even, but somehow also a ghost, an impression, something only half-perceived – through a fug of blunted memory and YouTube overload and serotonin-depletion. Crucially, though, there’s a flamboyance, and wit, to proceedings; it’s not all rain-grey melancholy, nightbus paranoia and makeshift Pot Noodle ashtrays. There’s life and colour everwhere: see the Model 500-meets-Todd Edwards ‘Always Human’, the sinewy Metroplexisms of ‘Let’s Fly’ or the overloaded dubstep-not-dubstep of ‘Wrong Potion’. Rather than being a cold-blooded enactment of “techno”, one of those wet-ink facsimiles churned out by Motor City Drum Ensemble or whoever, Splazsh is a beautiful, highly personal misinterpretation, or mishearing, of its tropes. Hauntological house, anyone? Or simply the first truly British-sounding techno album of the 21st century? Splazsh raises more questions than it answers, and anyone interested in the continued evolution and involution of house/techno needs to hear it.” Kiran Sande in FACT
Actress – Maze
Actress – Supreme Cunnilingus
“If you’re so into your computer, it might as well be giving you a blowjob as far as I’m concerned … to me it sounded like what a computer would if it had the ability to actually perform the act”
“We always wanted the flow of information to be less giving to the public. If we gave less away, then you would only get the people who really made an effort—in doing that, we managed to create a vibe which I’ve never really felt anywhere else. It’s something that is still applied to the label. If you make the effort to find out what we’re up to, then it’s our intention to give you something special.” Actress
Actress – I Can’t Forgive You
Actress – Crushed
Posted in de-dans, download on June 2nd, 2010 by de-dans | 2 Comments
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