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elephant zyclus: tripod

A little 3" bastard featuring three remixes of "Tripod" and one of "Promis", showing Afe's good taste for underground electronica and allegedly starting a remix mania which will give birth to more releases of this kind in the future.

I don't know the originals, but anyway, roughly, the 3" edit version of "Tripod" is a good track of obsessive techno-electronica, halfway between Aphex and Autechre; the DJ Lips' (aka Andrea Marutti, Amon / Never Known / Afe mastermind) "Sweep the Pod" mix adds layers of beats and melodies, while a034 (jeez, his debut cd may well have been my first review for Chain!) mercilessly delivers an amphetamine-soaked, hyper-cinematic version, with a fat bass to increase hysteria. Very good, very close to his style too.

Finally, "Promis" is processed by the mysterious Spiral in a broken glitch version - sounds like a vinyl massacred by too many playings.

[Eugenio Maggi]