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STRTEP 082EP
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Insane and heavy beats by the OG don Pixelord featuring great remixes by an all-star line-up comprising DJ Ride, DJ Pound, Starkey, and DRANQ! Like a lightning bolt in the middle of a dark sea, Pixelord has returned once again from the frozen lands to shock and disquiet the tides of futuristic bass music. Perhaps the best thing about Russian electronic music godfather Alexey Devyanin's Pixelord project returning to Saturate! for this Demonslayer release is not simply the exciting and hard-hitting beats contained within, but the simple fact that it shall be offered on delicious, glorious vinyl. "Doomguy" comes tearing straight in with menacing, distorted synth weaponry, assaulting with ballistic beats (even some nods to junglism) until finally bestowing some glittering melody atop the fray, showing that not only is Alexey an elder-statesman of the genre, he's still the eager bass monster that explores his own depths. The depths are again evident in "Pain Elemental" where the vibe is established immediately, and only delves deeper into the slightly-detuned bass signals and ominous creeping atmosphere. The melodic elements are no longer here to sooth, they are newly charged laser beams that sear the flesh, scorching the eardrums. This foreboding, demon-dispatching vibe is indeed present throughout this entire release, as you enter the "Bonus Stage" of this deadly game, where the aggression does not abate, and the bass plays backseat to the synth bell sonic geometry on display. The drums especially feel the wrath of Pixelord on this track, where some impossibly tortured tambourines take a beating, and the chopping and relentless reorganization of the rhythm keeps you churning with intensity. The title track brings the "wild style", even though the drums are less frantic, the bass frequencies and laser blasts from our protagonist, the ever-ready "Demonslayer", are sure to dismantle any submissive subwoofer in range. "BFG" rounds out this collection in a disheveled fashion, dishing out low frequency divebombs and squelches, whilst otherworldly transmissions from synth realms afar come leaping in trying to assert their dominance, only to be eaten alive by daemonic bass and telluric currents of seismic drum activity. The remixes are equal in intensity and aggression, but the textures by which this is conveyed are wholly transformed and re-imagined skillfully. No demon shall stand a chance against Pixelord's battalion of beats and bass.
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LSR 001EP
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Pixelord (aka Alexey Devyanin) debuts on the Leisure System label's inaugural 12" with four tracks that show off his multifarious skills as a producer. While "Iron And Cream" takes off into a Deadboy-esque world of vocal fragments and a floating garage-house beat, "Cycloferon" is a nod both to uplifting hip-hop and playful 8-bit sounds. "Radiozilla" lies somewhere between the organic off-beats of the Brainfeeder crew, and "In The Mine" generates a dense atmosphere with its future garage references. Housed in deluxe die-cut jackets.
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