New release on Nation, the “Rhythm Relics” EP is an approach towards the beginnings of an evolving acid-driven Dance scene in the UK two decades ago. Stemming ideas from that era, Saturn V and X2 came up with a testament of evolutionary ideas and musical shape-shifting to bring our influences to the audiences of today.
† “Painters paint their pictures on canvas, musicians paint their pictures on silence.” Melvin Oliphant III aka Traxx
† Jak your body till you bleed!!!
For the first smaller jubilee of the Nation Podcast we were not sure what we should do to quench the thirst of those who are in constant need of Jakbeat.
But then Traxx was getting booked to play alongside Gene Hunt and Sadar Bahar in Amsterdam for a celebration of the early blueprints of Chicago House, and to take the people attending the show on a journey through time and space, deep into the vaults of what is considered to be the greatest musical revolution of all time.
Our own excitement for this historical event, made us go down into the basement-archives to unearth a session that was thought to be forgotten. Ripped directly straight from tape, with all artefacts and soundlevel-changes intact… Lifeless Future will draw a disturbing image of the future, when Mankind is not anymore, and all there is left in the world is sound.
We hope you will enjoy this session, and give it a repeated listen…
Sometimes moments of a catastrophic emotion in himself determines how the writer is bringing his words to the paper. Enjoy another mysterious session by the caretaker of haunted sound. It sure is sending shivers down your spine. Spooky!
Nation is On The Move! The tracks for this release are unique and striking that their specialness is undeniable. D’Marc Cantu and The Maniacs are particularly compelling.
For the 3rd edition of the podcast we have an all vinyl set recorded for Traxx’s Birthday Celebration @ Smartbar Chicago, encompassing the Medusa’s era of EBM, Techno and Jak Tracks. Werner’s introduction to Nation also includes works for his label Antennae doing collaborations with Traxx, Stephen Hitchell and Sneak. He’s also released on legendary labels Relief, Strictly Rhythm and Force Inc.
The Hipodrome Of Music 