First Listen: ASSS / Meddicine Split 12″.
June 20, 2011, 0 comments
Mind-blowing cold wave attacks here by Portland, Oregon-based duo ASSS and London resident Monika Krol aka Meddicine who’ve joint their dark forces for this awe-inspiring split 12 inch which is gonna drop mid-July via ClanDestine and SixSixSixties Records.
Both tracks rely on very reduced and mechanical drum patterns and razor-sharp synth lines, yet while ASSS keep it as cold and restrained as possible, in particular regarding the vocals that are clearly very much true-to-the-letter early 80s kraut-informed, Krol takes things on a slightly more aggressive and jittery level. If these two tracks are an indication of what we may expect from the rest of the split (and I guess that’s the case), then this one’s gonna be a stupendous excursion into minimal synth music in a quality that we haven’t encountered thus far this year.
Pre-order the vinyl right here.
