Speedy J - Balk Acid

I have to be honest here and say I've just now decided to jot down a few lines about Speedy J's much talked about album "A Shocking Hobby", and the main reason is that its true magnitude and greatness are only now crystal clear and palpable to me.
Eight years after it came out, and I can claim with enough confidence that in my ears, this still sounds like George Paap's production masterstroke.
Tracks like Drill, Actor Nine, Balk Acid and Amoco Cadiz are yet be surpassed in terms of production complexity, intensity and general sound quality.
Not for the candy ravers, not for laid back home listening, the type of music which would make your girlfriend question your sanity, the album remains a landmark classic. A benchmark in Speedy J's extensive opus, with potential to de(con)struct, taer apart, knock down and build back up from scratch listeners perception of music.
With a distinct and instinctive knack for provoking ample sets of moods, defying the odds and keeping a repellent attitude towards trends, "A Shocking Hobby" will continue giving rise to doubt, while its status of a unique work untainted by foreign factors remains in tact. One of the best albums I own. Heavy weight stuff this good doesn't come around very often, so missing out on this would be a capital mistake. 10/10.

Thanks to maroko, Discogs.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Speedy
• Balk
• Acid
• Shocking
• Hobby
• NovaMute
• Techno

[josefjoska]

typek plesoun KB 2008 you know that

[Shrinkk]

@josefjoska No, what is that?

[josefjoska]

joo pepííík jo pepííík tssssss

[AMRCNDRKNSS]

Thanks for the post, the time and the "Jot Down." I have this 12" and consider it one of my most valuable records.  fire

[monkeylosoul]

Agree, but all respect to AUTECHRE, creators of that kind of sound !!

[donbeherit]

Such a great song..!

[josefjoska]

GREAT SONG OF EP

[alleygh0st]

@PenisMcWhirtar It was an accident. Sorry ; ) Maybe it was the weird packaging, combined with the frailness of the plastic + my enthusiasm that did it in...?...maybe it's just what my hobby is making me do? I have another one now.

[PenisMcWhirtar]

@alleygh0st If you snap CDs you think are good, I'd hate to see what you do to ones you think are bad...

I keep this cd in a tabernacle with a red lamp burning by it day and night and periodically burn incense in front of it.