Super Disco Drums vinyl

This is a record that achieves that rare sensation of immediately making you wish you were transposed to a warehouse space heaving with the rhythmic pulse of several hundred bodies in tune with the beat. There's a primal urgency to "Super Disco Drums", the epic 13 minute excursion into heavily dubbed disco steeped in the early 80s attitude of Liquid Liquid et al that is all too rare amidst the somewhat pedestrian nu disco scene. That it should arrive via the minds of Justin Velor and Black Lodge, affiliated with Finders Keepers and Trilogy Tapes respectively, means it all makes sense given their feverish musical knowledge. The first release on the aptly titled Brutal Music label, this crazily limited twelve (only 100 were pressed) is worth it for the A Side alone, yet the flip holds yet more sonic gems to behold. "Pride Part 2" for instance retains the heavily dubbed feeling but glides along a rasping metallic twang of a groove which is embellished by some decidedly Weird Sensation-esque orchestral touches. A brief, jagged sounding "Segue" leads into the freakadelic head nod satisfaction of "I Can't Sing" with mad analogue sounds shooting in all directions before everything implodes with sonic glee.

Alexis Le-Tan, Francis Inferno Orchestra