Hysterics (Girl Unit) – Club Constructions Vol. 5 [NSCC005]

Recently released Club Constructions Vol. 5 by Girl Unit (Philip Gambl) under his alias Hysterics is something different from the usual tracks seen on thepurplebay. Here we have an EP that nurtures ones very basic instincts for bass and percussion. The warehouse sound overlays primal sounds of scraping, clanking and strafing, layered onto angular drum punches with dynamic arpeggios.

‘The three cuts on this volume are the result of an experimental production processes, incorporating tape feedback, raw drums punched in manually and percussive parts that are allowed to take unusual lead roles. The resulting recordings are intricate but highly robust rhythm trax – the oppressive EBM-tech of “Pleasuredrome” juxtaposed with a show-stopping DJ tool in “Code Switch”. The tracks sound like heavy industry: pistons, valves and and exhausts pumping and hissing, hammers pounding. But as machines they are not self-powered – the sound of human exertion is ever present: heavy breathing and gasps as each track is operated manually, man intersecting with machine in a collision of steam and sweat.

 Club Constructions is a series focussing on rhythm tracks, wild DJ tools and stripped down music made directly for the floor.’ (http://nightslugs.net)

Released: 09th July 2013