Speedy J - Drill

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
• Drill
• Shocking
• Hobby
• NovaMute
• Techno

[wobblebits]

Great words about this release but it's Jochem Paap, not George Paap...unless Jochem is the Rotterdam version of George

[Shrinkk]

@wobblebits His full name is Jochem George Paap, so I think either way is fine :)

[JBokmin]

This songs forces me to transform

[ROTEsimplemachines]

One of my all-time favorites from the height of the NovaMute era.

[negativenetwork]

this is pretty boring. it's the same shit over and over.

[wobblebits]

@Shrinkk ha, learn something everyday!

[hmoon99]

eargasm

[xammorf]

true

[MrBoneStripper98]

@Checkingokop

excelent so do we (2 person electronic, techno, doom, noise, trippy classic rock band lol)

but mostly we play electronic wtf music somewhat like this lol.

[Checkingokop]

@MrBoneStripper98 actually not that i listen to it again, its not bad at all, not sure why exactly i said that earlier. Btw check out my channel, i make music similar to this.

[MrBoneStripper98]

@Checkingokop

what should it have been. (not a retorical :-)

[LRMMA]

masterpiece.