Direct from the Midwest CLEAR is proud to present four tenacious hardware workouts from Juzer.


In theory the 12" starts slowly, with the 100 bpm rattle of Old Reliable, although it's fitful energy is anything but, while the following track September coils itself into a tightly wound circuit freak-out. Busy Bees and We Work Hard We Play Hard are the buildup and climax of the record's machine-driven anxiety, fit for a chase scene in a post apocalyptic megacity thriller.


Juzer is the joint project of two artists central to the underground music scene in Chicago, Beau Wanzer and Dan Jugle. The work of both straddles the fault-lines between, noise, techno, industrial, EBM, and the more frenzied shades of house.


In addition to a prolific number of solo releases, Wanzer is a member of Mutant Beat Dance with Traxx and Steve Summers, Civil Duty with Shawn O'Sullivan, and many more.


Like Wanzer, Jugle was a habitual collaborator and his untimely passing last year shocked Chicago's electronic music community. Jugle was a natural collaborator, the sort of person for whom creating music was a daily act, and even better with friends. In addition to Juzer he was also a member of Dar Embarks, Chandeliers, and Ghost Arcade.

Previous Juzer material was issued on The Corner and Dog In The Night.[info sheet from distr.]