Tonight you’re gonna party like it’s 1989! Monster alert as one of our most respected house music vets unleashes a big fat acid house pumpathon with cataclysmic 303 stiffie action recalling nothing less than Hardfloor’s ‘Acperience’ in the way it stokes the tension to pants-straining heights before a drop which is going to be causing carnage for the rest of the year. Pete Heller has been there since opening for Danny Rampling at Shoom, a Boys Own protagonist, Terry Farley’s long-time sparring partner and JBO driver. It does seem to be the season for smiley nostalgia but this is a cut above for the simple reason it hops aboard the original spirit of primitive analogue lunacy with such gusto, made more effective because of the studio skills the man has been honing over the last 20 years. It stomps and squelches beautifully but touches like the girl’s shout, dramatic strings and intricate touches in the bottom end make for further elevation. Tom Stephan beefs up the bottom end for the big room treatment while the Kamisshake is an exercise in tribal-tinged acid dynamics. Acid house paradise regained all round.
5 Out Of 5
Reviewed By: Kris Needs