I’ve got a song on another amazing Werk compilation… GrimFM is a collection of some of the best tracks from the GrimDUBs series or 12″s as well as some new unreleased ones. GrimFM is out and available all over the place. if you’re looking for a good online record shop you won’t get much better then boomkat..
“Werk are a strange bunch. What we have here are 6 cuts from various members of Werk world. Cut Out provide Squedge: deep sub-bass, broken rhythms and noises from the other side, this is seriously twisted and doesn’t resort to pointless jazz style noodlings to impress – the emperor does indeed have new clothes. Mr. Lizard’s The Thin Line Between Love and Assault would give the British Murder Boys and Reeko a run for their money in threatening sounds from the mental wards for the persecuted, dark glitched up bliss from left of field. The drum programming is pretty darn funky and acts as an excellent counterpoint to the rich textures and layers. Format.K gives us one of the best twisted comedown songs yet with Music To Die To. Like a sick but sweeter version of The Streets without the pointless mockney lovelorn chatter. I get the impression that the automated voice on this track doesn’t want you survive. Actress provide us with Mentor, a track that threatens to have us all “Shitting bass until lent” – never really gets going for me but it has an early Warp/Rave vibe going that certainly won’t do it any harm. Draw Step by Byte Stripes sounds like it’s actually made out of three existing tracks, but it works – D and B vs Walter Carlos vs Squarepusher – it unfolds very nicely, definitely a pick. Last but not least, Ben Codec with Acid Burnt My Retinas, squeaky wheel phrases, big space washes and the chatter of machines hating each other. I could have done with another 20 minutes of this one – excellent stuff, constantly changing under drums that mark the passing of time, all over too darn quick. Excellent opening sampler of things to come. Soon we will all be Werk!” Reviewed By Clone 23 (11/08/2004)
