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Release Date: 2012-04-04Label: Boomkat
From the 14tracks website:The pull of the 'floor was too much to ignore this week, hence these 14 driving, dramatic aces from the intersection of Industrial Funk, Wavey disco and Machine Pop. It's fair to say a lot of this stuff has seen a resurgence of interest recently, in no small part thanks to expertly-curated comps like Trevor Jackson's 'Metal Dance', Optimo's ongoing reissue series, and the modulations of Veronica Vasicka's Minimal Wave and Cititrax imprints. Pneumatic drums, libidinous bass and steely synths galvanize this selection into action, running the gamut from Diseno Corbusier's Latinized torque to the taut drum programming of Phillipe Laurent or Ohama and arresting pop epics like Psyche's sublime 'Goodbye Horses' or Light Asylum's monotlithic Industrial 'Skull Fuct'. There's also offbeat, stalking Wave funk from White Car, and Vex Kiddy's slick nod to classic Prince on 'Babystrange', plus unmissable Neo Wave peaches like Liz & Laszlo's 'Rien a Paris' and Trust's 'The Dazzle'. Let's get those shoulders going...