Dance-floor ammo: ‘The Curse’

Dance-floor ammo: ‘The Curse’

16 September, 2008 | 9.09AM

• Written by: TokyoNeon
• Filed under: Music News: claude vonstroke, mothership, voodeux

So you want to get possessed by devilish tech house?

Check out this staple in the sets of Claude VonStroke, featuring trippy UFO effects, a gnarly pad straight out of the Predator sound banks ["GET TO THE CHYAP-UR!!” -Schwarzenegger] and rough ‘n’ tumble snares.

There aren’t many producers who’ve reached this lofty level, but Voodeux have cracked tech house’s cryptic code.

The drifting pads inside are haunting and cold, punctuated by wonderfully tight drum edits and the inane natter of what sounds like some sort of pilot in an intergalactic cockpit.

The percussion slithers all over the mix across different pitch ranges like metallic snakes caught in the vacuum of space, whilst monotone, flanged stabs beat away at your eardrums.

So enough hyperbole, check this sucker out, you won’t be disappointed.

If you can think of a more atmospheric, space age tech-house track, we’d like to know.

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