joshuatxuk Posted October 6, 2020 Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 (edited) https://acidtestrecords.bandcamp.com/album/truelips This one is good, nice old school ambient techno / IDM vibes with crisp production. Over the past decade, SUED co-founder SW. has arranged the building blocks of dreamy rave and techno music—billowing pads, undulating sub-bass and adroit, nuanced drum programming—into and novel dance floor structures. TRUElipS, SW.'s first full album since 2016 and his first for Avenue 66, is a beguiling, fully-realized statement. The 12-track LP is rooted in the storied '90s era when the spirit of orbital raves and free parties was channeled into massive leaps forward in the studio. A combination of house and drum & bass looms large, as does the much-referenced intelligent techno era, but if you've listened to an SW. record, you already know TRUElipS is the work of a singular auteur. Breakbeats, rave stabs and major chords permeate the album, motoring along on a chassis of sine-wave bass lines and SW's widescreen percussive vision. Forays into downtempo and sweeping ambience keep the listener's head in the clouds, while the superb melodic techno constructions that comprise the album's core are at once contemplative and liable to bring on a giddy head rush. TRUElipS brims with the optimistic, escapist spirit that fueled dance music's original triumph, a throwback to bright, imagined futures. Edited October 6, 2020 by joshuatxuk fix title Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide joshuatxuk's signature Hide all signatures Tape Escape! Aural Canyon Wood Between Worlds Tapes [joshuatxuk-is-dead] Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/99997-sw-truelips-acid-test/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
species8472 Posted October 6, 2020 Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 huge sw fan. glad to see this here. great album. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/99997-sw-truelips-acid-test/#findComment-2824527 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extralife Posted October 6, 2020 Report Share Posted October 6, 2020 Think I may need to give it another listen. Didn’t gel with me on the first run through, and I really dig their earlier stuff. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Extralife's signature Hide all signatures https://bandcamp.com/extralife Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/99997-sw-truelips-acid-test/#findComment-2824529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
markedone Posted October 8, 2020 Report Share Posted October 8, 2020 (edited) SW - Night was really great and might have flown under the watmm radar.https://www.discogs.com/SW-Night/release/15421829 I just gave this one a skim and it seems solid, if a tad more reserved than Night. BUT that acid line on DREAMdanceVANs is sick, great track lol at track title spookyWOOKYchill Edited October 8, 2020 by markedone Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/99997-sw-truelips-acid-test/#findComment-2825295 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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