EKMAN "GMMDI" RARE BERCEUSE HEROIQUE UK TECHNO 12"
Ekman's third solo release for Berceuse Heroique, is an acronym for "Gizmo Made Me Do It." When taken alongside Ekman's philosophy on making music (in an interview last year, he said: "every creation starts with destruction"), it speaks to a synchronicity between him and the Berceuse Heroique boss. Ekman's music, frayed and confrontational, is extremely well suited to Gizmo's label. "GMMDI" is unhinged—and then there's the artwork: a man aiming an assault rifle out a window with the expression of someone whose Christmases have come all at once. The drums resemble a rockslide as they fall relentlessly, rattling the track's gristly stretches of acid and rave keys as they tumble. Breaker 1 2, who released a split EP with Ekman on Berceuse Heroique last year, provides a remix that trims the hair from Ekman's ragged original, and exposes something equally mean in the process. By smoothing out the acid lines and fitting it with a more stable 909 thud, Breaker 1 2 lets its riff swagger into the midst of things, strutting like a school bully. It's neater, but the remix is the more imposing of the two.
Berceuse Heroique /// BH 015
Vinyl: NM / Jacket: NM
