- Four years after their debut release, background information on Berlin house trio ItaloJohnson is still scarce, but their stock-in-trade is by now common knowledge. Bumping, uncomplicated, hardware-created tools are the order of the day, and each of the three cuts here excel under these parameters. As with their seven previous EPs, ItaloJohnson 08 is presented with minimal packaging and no track titles.
The A-side is little more than an elasticated bass drum, claps and hats, and a repeating, Green Velvet-ish vocal loop, but it works superbly. The B1's primary selling point is its skittering, metallic key pattern, which conjures a mildly introspective take on Jeff Mills' "The Bells." Ominous bass groans and the odd distorted vocal snippet complete the brew. The B2 projects a gurning, acid-tinged bassline onto a stark percussive framework, closing another ItaloJohnson EP that's low on flab.
TracklistA1 Unknown
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