Search - DJ Acucrack :: The Mutants Are Coming and I Believe They Are of Sound

Re-mastered, Re-mixed, and Re-kicked...

12/08/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Experimentally quirky, rhythmically assertive, and never predictable, this is THE quintessential DJ? Acucrack release. "The Mutants are Coming..." is actually the remastered "Mutants of Sound" that Acucrack made for the now-defunct (de-funked?) Slipdisc Records in 1998, and while not a wholly new recording, it may as well be considered one. Re-mastered, Re-mixed, and Re-kicked for your listening satisfaction, DJ? Acucrack goes where no DJ?s have gone before.The opening tracks proper, "Allegra" and "Swollen With Glee", are slow-paced forays into trypnotic breakbeat, the bass on which is best experienced with very, very large speakers. "Lust In Space" is simply haunting in its robotic, alien grandeur, and "Nation State" in two big-beat vignettes is ridiculously infectious, especially with the added vocals exclusive to "The Mutants are Coming...". From then on, the record takes a decidedly darker turn, as if Mr. Hyde had suddenly materialized behind the steering wheel - or the mixing board as it were. The gloomy junglist memes of "B. Universal" are some of the most depraved beats this side of Renegade Hardware, and it's nothing if not a testament to Acucrack's uncanny knack for creating incredibly moody, emotional pieces - when was the last time you heard electronic music described as emotional? "Get in Me" and "You're Not the Fastest Ship" deftly outmanoeuver conventional hard techno stylings, and the once B-side "Time For You to Leave... it's 4:20" with added vocals totes the line between ethereal trance and harsh breakbeat, providing an impeccably-crafted capstone to the album. If you liked the original "Mutants of Sound" - or if you've just recently jumped on the 'Crack bandwagon after purchasing their latest CD, "Sorted" - this is well worth picking up."