Cub Germany Vinyl & CDs

Review: This CUB 12" sees Downwards boss Karl O'Connor return to his 2010 C U 1 release as CUB for a second time, following last year's reissue accompanied by a "Funk Mix" of the previously unreleased "C U 2" credited to his Ugandan Speed Trials alias. A cursory look at this 12" will probably have you wondering if Regis is trying to pull the wool over your eyes or perhaps sell you your own dinner, but bear with us as this reissue does present yet another previously unreleased Ugandan Speed Trials version of "C U 2" which is vicious in it's insectile execution. If you missed out on the chance to grip either previous issues of the controlled menace and unique rhythmic swerve of "C U 1" then this new 12" is pretty essential whilst the B Side factor will prove very tempting for O'Connor completists out there.

Review: Dusting off his CUB alias for his first solo release since last year's In A Syrian Tongue on Blackest Ever Black, Karl O'Connor returns with a typically relentless pair of techno missives. Leading with 2010's "C U 1", O'Connor utilises dry, stripped back syncopation with a tribal menace and tumultuous industrial abrasion to create one of his typically simple but heavy hitting productions. On the flip, he provides a "Funk Mix" of the previously unreleased "C U 2" which is credited to O' Connor's Ugandan Speed Trials alias, maintaining the same sense of rhythmic power, but going more explicitly heavy on the abstract outburst of raw analogue voltage. This probably goes without saying, but this is a must for anyone who is even remotely serious about techno.