Jurchen
SPACE ADVENTURES
12 Inch
Tomahawk’s fourth release finally lands with the debut EP of German talent Jurchen. Highly influenced by 80’s rough electro, house, jackin’ and techno sounds, this raucous 4-tracker launches us on a breakneck journey into interstellar space.
Opening track title 'Space Adventures' is an epic ride over the event horizon and into the heart of a black hole. Bold kicks and see-sawing bass, melded onto perforated synth work and sluggish robotic voices evoking early 80's barbarous sci-fi scenes. Following on the A2, 'Is It So Unsafe' takes us into intergalactic territory, accelerating polyphonic synths building up to a trippy cosmic climax.
On the flip side, 'Vibin Since 1987' is a slow slide into the parallel multiverse where the faint whirring of a B-Boy’s tracksuit midflow echo behind a voguing bass line and a stop 'n' stutter drum pattern made to cut shapes & squat to. A glinting, scintillating 8-bit melody line melts the remaining flesh from the scorched skull.
Last but not least, 'I’m Everything You’re Not' is a final dose of fun for an energetic closing. The track chugs on with cheerful, chanting vocals and a pumping bass-synth for the true club dancers. One for the real movers and space-age hedonists.[info from ld]