Walk the Line sees Minimal Rome enter the club, chin up and shoulders back. The MRX label has sought out sounds for the 1210 zealots, and Feedback’s latest is just that. Clever and powerful, with some armchair appeal from Mr 66.
The MRX wing of Minimal Rome has lay dormant since Solvent poured his squalid acid concoction onto the sublabel. Now, ready for more, MRX introduces Minimal Rome co-founder Gianluca Bertasi, under his Feedback alias, for Walk the Line.
There’s been an unstoppable momentum surrounding the recent house resurgence, and MRX have adopted some of the terse 707 and 808 aspects. Feedback takes this Chicago formula and strips it back with electro precision. The title track surges forth with clinical snares as bulges of bass saunter forward, both vying for position—featuring a Mick Wills tone that is raw and unrelenting. For the flip we travel to The Netherlands where two heavyweights are on remix duty. Rude 66 seems to have caught the house bug too, dusting off his 303 to inject some acid into the equation. In true form the Amsterdammer adds his own style, pitching back the tweaks and slowing the original down until all melts in an acrid stupor. Mark Du Mosch arrives to bring down the curtain. The track has elements of Du Mosch’s Moustache sound, DJ friendly beats and a steady rhythm, but some of the darker leanings of his more recent material are present.
Urbi et Orbi Vol. 3 was a showcase of the Minimal Rome mindset, the wide styles that the folks of Broken Pots Hill listen to, create and love. Walk the Line sees Minimal Rome enter the club, chin up and shoulders back. The MRX label has sought out sounds for the 1210 zealots, and Feedback’s latest is just that. Clever and powerful, with some armchair appeal from Mr 66. The Romans continue to fortify the credentials of this excellent label.
Walk The Line is available on Minimal Rome. Buy at Amazon, Juno or Clone.
