Tim Xavier & D-Knox

Soul Kraft

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• 5 3choes Of 3ther
• 3 Off Into The Abyss
• 2 Stream Of Consciousness
• 1 Soul Kraft Intro
• 6 Dead Stare Grinder

A very classic, auditorily both honest and skillful, techno mini-album by US producers D-Knox and Tim Xavier of Black Nation, 773 Tekno, Limited 400serie, and Sonic Mind fame. The duo's six-tracker nods to old-school US 'multitrack' underground techno EPs, but is bombastically engineered for club systems. Stunningly starting with ''Soul Kraft Intro'', a hymn for the Detroit techno legacy, only to slip into the tracky club rider ''Stream Of Consciousness'' with short stabs and alarming strings. Ripping acidic riffs and multifaceted hi-hat programming are signatures throughout, particularly highlighted by the teeth-grinding Chicago-styled (almost 'French Touch' compressed) ''Dead Star Grinder'', and not the least by the ultimately classic ''Tomorrow Is A Rainy Day'' with its broken beat and deep-standing forward-driving chordal beauty.