Krokakai & Liðvarð - Split EP

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The first split EP on Gated takes in some tough acid house from Glasgow-based brutalizer Krokakai and some old-school breaks from the ever-eclectic Liðvarð.

First up, Krokakai’s experience as a DJ and party-starter comes to the fore, with two deeply trippy acid chuggers. The Artificial Horizon label boss takes no prisoners, pushing rubbery acid lines and spaced-out atmospherics in the aptly named Doubleplus Acid, before taking it a step deeper with Lost Acid.

Norwegian Liðvarð, meanwhile, goes for the early 90s hardcore jugular on another literally-named track, Quadcore Hardcore, all piano stabs, vocal samples, Amen breaks, and hands-in-the-air breakdowns. Rave Research is even more genre-fluid, somehow combining dub, downtempo, old-school hardcore and IDM into a rolling beaty pleasure. Kosmosis ends the EP with a little snifter of tense ambient, a perfect comedown after all those highs.

This marks Liðvarð’s third outing on wax, following a sought-after release on Occult Research in 2014 and an album on Mystic & Quantum last year.

Samples:

 

Preorder from Bleep: https://bleep.com/release/179330-krokakai-livar-split-ep

And of course it'll be on our Bandcamp soon too. Out April 10.

Edited March 12, 2020 by gated

[ARPA]

Liðvarð  

[perunamuusi]

1 hour ago, ARPA said:

Liðvarð  

 

[scumtron]

Liðvarð=King of the North

[gated]

Liðvarð just did an excellent mix for our podcast containing all-original and unreleased tracks:

 

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Just released: https://gatedrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/split-ep

[Extralife]

1 hour ago, gated said:

Just released: https://gatedrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/split-ep

Just bought. Cheers!