gated Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARPA Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Liðvarð Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perunamuusi Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 1 hour ago, ARPA said: Liðvarð Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scumtron Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Liðvarð=King of the North Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gated Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 Liðvarð just did an excellent mix for our podcast containing all-original and unreleased tracks: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gated Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 Just released: https://gatedrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/split-ep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extralife Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 1 hour ago, gated said: Just released: https://gatedrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/split-ep Just bought. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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