Friday, August 1, 2014

Review: Monolith - Crashed (Hands Productions)


 Artist: MONOLITH

Album: CRASHED
Label: HANDS

Monolith is one of many monikers of Berlin based Eric Van Wonterghem if you have been on the scene for aslong as i have you will know Eric is no stranger to this scene, with dance floor destroyers  like Disco Buddha under his belt  you will know exactly what to expect from this guy, although its been a while since a full time release for Monolith.

this year he shows the release of his brand new album entitled Crashed on the HANDS label. This release has 11 tracks of pure gold,

The album starts with a track called No Escape, its a nice analogue noisescape with big clean pad strikes,  it sets a nice pace for the rest of the album, however,
Eric doesn't waste any time getting down and dirty with the tribal percussion and distorted techno beats that we have all grown to love over the years as heard on track 2 Rotated, Tracks 3 and 4 are pacey numbers but unlike Rotated, takes its time from pure progression right into a mind losing climax, track number 5 and 6  are  slightly more chaotic, then comes track 7 the album title track Crashed, this will for sure be a new dancefloor anthem worldwide, its crushing groovy rhythm, acid bass and vocal fx reminds me of how techno used to sound but way more advanced and updated,track 8 Wired keeps the same monolith format but adds flickers of psychodelic trippy and ambient grooves making its way right through the track, tracks 9 and 10 have more of a minimal techno approach, whilst the finishing track 11 has a 4x4 psychodelic techno feel but is fluid like the rest of the release and has heaps of progression throughout its 9 miniutes and 59 seconds. Over all this album is absolutely stunning, most of Eric's peers should listen to this and take note.

10/10

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