Nuclear Beef

Jacking Rolling-Bassline Techno Remix Audio Beef Today. Si Begg takes a walk and plays with his Bolz.

Here's another in a long line of excellent Si Begg remixes. This time it's Cologne, Germany's Bolz Bolz who gets the chop-and-bassline treatment courtesy of the prolific Begg. The original is passable, but nothing special. Unfortunately this description applies to most of Bolz's work. Si Begg, on the other hand, has been putting out excellent techno, house and downtempo music for coming on 10 years. I've posted a Si Begg remix here before, and fans of Ready Rock Rex will recall his fondness for Mr. Begg. It's doubly odd to me to find others who love his music, because I still think of him as an experimental techno artist on Edinburgh's Sativae Records, a sub-label of No Future. Not exactly a group of superstars, unless you love confusing techno.

I found this record for about 300 yen at Spice Records in Shibuya, Tokyo. The label seemed to indicate that side 'A' was the Si Begg remix, and I was rather disappointed when I threw it on. Where was the rolling fuzz, the chopped breakdowns, the weird sampling? I flipped it over to see what was on the 'B' side and.. right, there we go. Techno like it should be done. I played this on the booming system in my car recently and was overwhelmed by aurgasms like whoa.

AAAAAHHHhhhhhhhhhhhh.

(This song is about 7 minutes long, as it's clearly meant for DJs. Others may think it's too long for casual listening, but it's certainly good music to work to! Notice the awesome scratch about 30 seconds in. It's totally invisible but goes POP really loud a few times. Wicked. Also, Longhaul records seems to not actually exist, which is why I haven't linked to them. As far as I know, this is the only commercial release of this remix. Isn't vinyl AWESOME?)