Serotonin US Vinilo y CD

Review: Seminal New York City imprint Serotonin lives on. John Selway and Jason Szostek present It's What We Live For: Volume 2 - the second in a series of compilations sharing their vision of sounds of tomorrow. Szostek himself dons the well known BPMF alias again for some fierce breakbeat techno action on "Zu Heib Fur Uns", the equally legendary Healy brothers aka Somatic Response still going strong - as heard on the slo-mo acid trance journey "Strategy Of Desire" and relative newcomer Heidi Sabertooth of Opal Onyx delivers some sludgy electro-punk antics on "So You Want To Take Back Your Will". There's some handy locked grooves on the electro-bass tip featured too by Synapse and Pointsman, which were pretty wicked too.

Review: When John Selway brought his dancing hands to the keyboard to begin work on his first full EP on Serotonin Records since 'Zoids Vol 2' in 1998, he channelled cosmic soul to create the next generation of intergalactic funk. His EP 'Light Language' surfs the solar winds to the space between breaks and electro where his musical adventures are free to explore the frontiers of dance. 'Light Language' permeates with the angelic voices of our true selves. The voice is the primary and complete musical instrument. When John was not yet born his mother sang to him in utero. A musical soul so innate it resonates celestial tonalities. All captured here on this twelve inch disk delivered by the galaxian voyager and pressed for human kind by Serotonin Records.

Review: Selway's Serotonin repletes itself once again with vital electro jams that tap deep into the b-boy, machine funk foundations while glaring into a bleak future. Angular and iced-out through and through, the label takes the lead with a raw acid attack before inviting longstanding German sculptor Alex Cortex for more visceral neck-snap beat fun. Deeper again Selway and Jason Szostek Synapse project where a looser roll in the groove gives more of a Detroitian sensation. Meanwhile for the parting gesture, the mysterious TCMF get their glitch on with more of an acid house / breaks flavoured take on the classic sound. Welcome to the future.