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mutant beat dance - another world - rong - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: House - Chicago

1. Another World
2. News Is Old News

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Rong records presents Beau Wanzer who is one half of Streetwalker and Chicago DJ and producer Melvin Oliphant, aka Traxx. Together they are Mutant Beat Dance who have been shaking up dance floors with the previous release "In a Daze" that featured Eric D Clark on Vocals. 500 copies limited only - very nice sleeve art!

Mutant Beat Dance is a collaboration between research scientist and vintage synthesizer enthusiast Beau Wanzer and pioneer of the jakbeat sound Traxx. In addition to his work with Mutant Beat Dance Beau has released music as a solo artist as well as with groups Streetwalker and Golden Birthday. Traxx AKA Melvin Oliphant has been keeping the underground alive in Chicago since the mid-1990s, serving as a house music missionary, whether or not the genre is in vogue at any given moment. He remains a shadowy figure despite having released on numerous labels like Relief, Creme, Spectral, M>O>S, Gigolo and his own imprint Nation. Check out current Mutant Beat Dance releases and remixes on Nation, Discos Capablanca, and DFA.

First up is "Another World", this track takes you on a bass heavy psychedelic journey. It has been crushing NYC dance floors for the last couple months. Killing it at Harvey's "All Night Rong" party and Francios K's "Deep Space" night at Cielo. Think old school psychedelic jakbeat with a bit of a Fingers vibe but more banging.

On the flip is "New News is Old News", this is a deep and hypnotic analog track. Clocking in at nearly 12 minutes it's sort of a more updated take on an 80's industrial/italo sound