Reade Truth – 2nd Qtr (EP – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Techno, Acid.
Format: Digital, Vinyl.
Background/Info: Reade White is an old servant of the New-Yorker club scene. He released an impressive number of productions -mainly EP’s. He already collaborated with Sonic Groove, but that was more than twenty years ago now.
Content: “2nd Qtr” features 4 songs which are the perfect mix between dark-Techno vibes and Acid sequences. The sounds are icy. There also is a cold, groovy cut while the last song is a perfect mix of Techno and EBM carried by sound treatments reminding me of Front 242 and sensual female vocals on top.
+ + + : This is Techno/Acid music for ‘dark cellar’ parties! Pure underground stuff, but also a judicious and harmonic mix between different influences. The frozen atmosphere recovering the work accentuates the ‘underground’ feeling. I can’t say there’s one track to throw away, but I’ve a preference for “Divided Pleasures” which is a terrific apotheosis to a sexy, perverted, Techno/Acid/Body production.
– – – : There are no real minus points here.
Conclusion: Reade Truth makes a stunning return to the Sonic Groove roster, revealing dark, intelligent and efficient Electronics.
Best songs: “Divided Pleasures”, “An Acid Dream”(Or So It Seems)”, “Chemical Playskool”.
Rate: 8½.
Artist: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063769602122
Label: www.sonicgroove.com / www.facebook.com/Sonicgrooverecords
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About Reade Truth
Reade Truth is a techno producer and DJ from New York City. He emerged on the city’s club circuit in 1990 and held residencies at Limelight, Building and Pyramid, playing house, techno, industrial and new beat material in the same sets.
His first record came out in 1994 on the Brooklyn acid label Direct Drive. Over the following decades he issued more than two dozen releases, most of them EPs, on labels including Planet E, Strictly Rhythm, Instinct, Pomelo, Wurst, N-Syde, Black Market, Path Records and Sonic Groove. Sonic Groove was founded by Adam X, who released records by Truth, Neil Landstrumm, Abe Duque and Dietrich Schoenemann among others, which makes Truth one of the label’s earliest contributors.
“2nd Qtr” was released on 3 June 2022 on Sonic Groove as a four-track record, available digitally and on black vinyl in a paper and plastic sleeve with a double-sided poster card insert. It marked his return to the label after a gap of more than twenty years.
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