(02.18.05) Nice breakcore compilation, brought to you by Mirex and Cock Rock Disco, selected by Pure and Jason Forrest to celebrate the two-night festival that took place in Berlin, February 4th and 5th, 2005. Each artist who played there showed their skills on this CD, some of them with exclusive material. The most effective tunes come from the Peace Off guys. Rotator delivers an absolute smasher, a hardcore amen roller, while Repeater goes funky with a wicked mix of breakcore and James Brown samples. Keep your eyes peeled for a live Rotator CD mix on a french label (I hope to review it soon).
There are some unmistakable sounds in here, like the trademark edit-core style of Terminal11 –faster than ever, with a sample of his forthcoming album on Phthalo –yes, it’s not the one on Cock Rock Disco. Sickboy continues his usual mashup of everything vs. gabba. At the moment I’m a bit tired of this stuff but I’m sure it will be widely enjoyed. Speaking of mashups, Droon brings a fresh touch with his “Fuck The Underground,” which assaults Snoop’s latest hit with noisy distorsions. I’m not a big fan of Shitmat but this time he produced a proper rinser, a bit Deathchant influenced and thus a dancefloor corker. Cristoph Fringeli (Base Force One) and Pure (of Ilsa Gold fame) represent the oldskool with two amen based tracks, while on a drum’n’bass tip we find Drop The Lime with his fractured beats and Curtis Chip with a sublime 8-bit exclusive hit. The list goes on with Jason Forrest, Noize Creator, Society Suckers, Duranx3 and Slepcy.
A nice and varied compilation overall, most of the tracks are not instant tunes but they show a wide spectrum of talents and, most sadly, they give you an idea of what you missed if, like me, you weren’t in Berlin for this festival. Damn.
Wasted is out now on Mirex/Cock Rock Disco.
