DC Recordings aquatic beat monger Kelpe serves up the fourth installment of the Death Before Distemper series of mixed CD’s, hot on the discofies heals of The Idjut Boys mix, Kelpe dives underwater, deeper into the DC back catalogue, to produce a more downbeat mix, salvaging some long forgotten gems.
Kelpe has mixed, re-edited, spliced and diced 48 tracks from the DC archives, forming unlikely hybrids between the frenzied beats of Depth Charge and Octagon Man, two sides of label owner J Saul Kane’s psyche, the more atmospheric beats of Big Two Hundred, Tom Tyler and Kelpe’s own tracks, to the cosmic pop and rock of Higamos Hogamos, and the kraut craziness of The Emperor Machine, Padded Cell and White Light Circus. What stands out is the gems from a DC golden age, under-rated in their time, and probably forgotten now, but still sounding as if they’ve come from the future. I refer to the twisted hip hop of Greedy Fingers, the highly under-rated and ignored beat experiments of J Saul Kane under the Alexanders Dark Band moniker, the future psych of The Oscillation, the skewed funk of Max Brennan’s band O.H.Krill, the cinematic soundtracks of Tom Tyler, and the electro experiments of Audible.
A fresh sound approach and a dash of nostalgia make for a great late night mix, and best of all it’ll have you digging out some older DC Recordings classics from your collection.
Wayne Stronell
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