Night night, don’t let the acid bed bugs bite with: Ear Mind Eye – Chores
And so to Australia with the neon acid rave sounds of Ear Mind Eye.
Normally, I’m not one for the tie dye acid rave revivalists. Too much day glo fractals brings me out in hives. But this new track – Chores – from Ear Mind Eye’s Instant Slack EP is damn fine.
Ear Mind Eye (aka Coolaid Crowley) is from Canberra, Australia. It’s described as a ‘project’ which is “Hellbent on generating gyrations, sonic excitation and sensory awareness by redefining the idea of “rave” through a melding menagerie of psy, underground techno, infectious beats & charged breaks to be consumed under the stars and out in the sun.”
Well, this is England and the “Stars” aren’t visible as it’s raining (again) and there’s no “sun” because it’s bloody winter. And yet Chores delivers as a warming workout bringing a bit of aural light into your life and breaking through my curmudgeonly prejudices.
Chores takes early acid techno as a jumping off point, rather than a template. Beats bounce around all over the place. One minute techno seriousness, the next electro breaks unseriousness. There’s acid underpinning but they also remembered to bring the melody.
This whirls around in a happy acid psychedelic place all of its own making. Antipodean acid delivering aural alchemy. And if they could get a proper sleeve designer I could die happy.
EME is playing at the upcoming Tanglewood Music & Arts Festival on New Years Eve in Thornton, Victoria, Australia.
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