For its first 12’’ the Hannover-based label “Kein Rauch Ohne Feuer“ features FLOOD’s debut “Alamogordo / The Optimist“. Besides being a grim musical response to the atomic age, the record delivers everything you need for your rave party: First, there’s “Alamogordo“ with its heavy, hard-hitting bass drums and synths that cut through flesh like barbed wire. The promising opener is then followed by “The Optimist“, a track that slowly morphs from shadowy breakbeats into some serious trance euphoria.
On the B-Side, Fear-E provides “Alamogordo“ with the high energy 909-foundation that we all know and love from the Glasgow-based producer and his releases on “Dixon Avenue Basement Jams“. Bremen’s Ray Monero finally closes the whole thing down with his „Pessimistic Future Remix“, a surprising take on “The Optimist“ that combines heavy breaks with spaced out pads.
“Alamogordo / The Optimist“ comes on hand-stamped vinyl with an artwork print and a download code.
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