WAHN 003 | Neon Graveyard - This Mind is a Warzone
After releasing his debut EP "Sex & Suicide" on the French imprint Mainmise Records earlier this
year, German producer Neon Graveyard ventures further into increasingly high octane and industrial
soundscapes, resulting in the appropriately titled "This mind is a warzone" EP, out on September
16th via Berlin-based label WAHN.
The title track opens with the artist´s signature blend of heavily distorted, rumbling basslines and a
raw, percussive drum foundation, creating an atmosphere of restless agony and euphoric misery.
Fusing early Hardcore influences with contemporary Techno advancements, the piece develops both
a full range of sizzling tops and a dominant low end supported by detuned synth stabs and FX shots.
Building on the original's pace and dystopian tendencies, JELL label founder and Berlin resident Wallis
showcases her distinctive brand of unrelenting Industrial Techno in her featured recut. The track
kicks off with a vibrant, bass-heavy pad before launching into an array of carefully overdriven drum
patterns, howling synth lines and vigilant ecstasy.
The second original track "Rave after Death" advances the harsh and sinister aura of the previous
titles, consolidating unsettling choir pads, processed vocal snippets and a driving, cutthroat bassline.
Offbeat rides and a vicious snare and rimshot treatment additionally emit a more 90s, old-school
characteristic.
Cologne-based Techno heavyweight Rezystor concludes the EP with his raveyard remix of the
previous inclusion. Further developing the lead bassline and adding more convoluted, acidy synth
sequences, the piece intensifies the tension and subtle melancholy of the original.
With the release of WAHN003 the young label increases it´s catalogue of quality publications with an
unmistaken focus on the more avant-garde and subversive dancefloors in the Techno space. Follow
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