Various Artists

Next Wave Acid Punx Deux - Chapter 3

Label: Eskimo

Genre: Electro / Electro-Rock

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Next Wave Acid Punx DEUX is the second compilation for Eskimo Recordings compiled and curated by Berlin-based Musician and DJ Luca Venezia, aka Curses, to explore the darker side of club music. Spread across 3CDs and three 2LPs Next Wave Acid Punx DEUX features a mammoth 49 tracks that join the dots between early industrial pioneers Throbbing Gristle, EBM legends like Nitzer Ebb and the post-punk experiments of people like Malcolm McLaren and Big Audio Dynamite with some of the most exciting artists around today, such as Boy Harsher, Nuovo Testamento and Years of Denial.

Where the first Next Wave Acid Punx compilation was a personal journey for Luca, a lockdown inspired exploration of his record collection to find the thread that ran through the music that had soundtracked much of his life, DEUX is a celebration of that music let loose on the world, the thrill of music performed live, the smoke and strobe filled clubs you'll hear it in and the artists you'll find on those stages.

"After our enforced break, getting back out there and playing live again really brought home to me so much of what I love about the scene I'm in but also just how important live music has been and is to club culture over the years," Luca explains. "Too often we think of club nights and live gigs as these separate things, but throughout the years it's where the two meet, the friction that can cause, that you'll find the most vibrant scenes."

"There's an energy, an atmosphere that you get with live music, an unpredictability where at any moment something can go wrong or even better right in a way you never expect. I think about a live set we played at a Lebanese festival where our MPC drum machine froze up because of all the dust and sand trapped in the pads. We had to improvise half our set, jamming bass and guitar and pedal FX and vocals, embracing this surreal environment and experience, something that could only happen in the moment."

"Then finally we get to that part of the night where you probably should go home but if it's too late for good decisions there's still time for good music. Things are a bit wilder here, the drums a bit harder, the synths are more aggressive, tracks like The Hacker's Monopoly, Zanias' Tryptamine Palace or EVA's Industrial Hope that don't let up, don't let you go, just subjugate you to the beat and keep you there till you stumble out blinking into a new day."

Tracks:

A1. Boy Harsher - Machina (feat. Mariana Saldaña) (Dark Remix) *A2. Silent Servant - Non FicMon *A3. J.W.B. Hits The Beat - Body On Body (Curses Revamp) *A4. Hungry Boys - Toi *B1. Nuovo Testamento - Heartbeat (Curses Remix - Edit) * B2. Autumns - Repeat PrescripMon * B3. Buzz Kull - A Place (That’s Meant To Be) * B4. Sol Crash - Dolce Morte * C1. Dame Bonnet & Muli - Pleasure Dreams * C2. Ultra Sunn - Night Is Mine C3. Neu-Romancer - Burning Eyes * C4. EVA - Industrial Hope * D1. Andi vs Randolph & MorMmer - Formidable Truths * D2. Zanias - Tryptamine Palace * D3. The Hacker - Monopoly *D4. Paradox Obscur - Evo-Devo