Anika
Anika EP

RWD-FWD: ...Reaching level 10 on the barometer of sleaze, sweat & hardcore rhythm, this record recalls the undeniably frustrated, yet care-free anti-establishment energy of the likes of Nitzer Ebb, Spectre, The Mover, Egyptian Lover, DJ Rashad & Techno Animal, while sounding fresh and loaded with the trademark intensity of Anna Funk Damage's unhinged, raw & free-styling production technique.The A side of the disc grinds into gear in slapdash EBM & Industrial styles with 'Badass Bitch' and 'Bloodydeath'. Flip it to the B side for extra doses of speed injected straight into the vein, with the f*cked up trance cut 'Elm Street Faster Edition' and the mangled footwork vs bassbin techno rhythm 'This Is Why I'm Hot', finishing this burner of a record with a relentless staccato of kicks, hi hats and trash-can snares, with the underlying blue chords hinting at a chance of solace amongst the flames.

Butter Sessions: ...Naarm (Melbourne) based collective Butter Sessions celebrate over a decade in business with an extensive glossary of talented friends and affiliates pressed on a three-part compilation series. The label has always held the community closest, as exemplified by the 20+ artists featured over the three releases. Each 12” presents a grand soundscape anchored into the tenebrous energy of the dancefloor, with its inquisitive electronics and fierce pulse. If there was a definition for the Butter Sessions sound of ten years in the making, the answer lies here.The final compilation in the series commences with Time, a masterful blend of mid-tempo digi-dub and two step. Mosam Howieson gifts us Influx, a thick and hazy wedge of techno and Canada’s D. Tiffany serves up the mechanic and restless techno on a knife's edge in Cast the Trance. Ben Fester delivers Tumbo Rumblin, a leftfield slice of intergalactic electronics. Meanwhile, Furious Frank presents the electro and acid charged Blue Light while Makeda plays with genre expectations with the experimental composition Fable. Finally, the record's conclusion is Doordrms by Ben Keynes; dipping in tempo with acid drops, resulting in thoughtful IDM nuances.

This here is the (official) bio for Do It Better Again – the second full-length from GONZO. GONZO are a rock band. Gonzo are from Melbourne via Geelong. Do it Better Again is out on long playing vinyl through Anti Fade Records from March 29.GONZO met and formed in the sunny seaside town of Ocean Grove where they all happened to live on the same street. This must have been around 2014 while finishing high school. It was the best of times.This is the follow up to their debut album, Gonzo by Gonzo. This record is better.Do It Better Again was recorded over three days in a Castlemaine stable that was built in 1857, when things were built better. It was recorded and mixed entirely using analogue gear, so it feels better. The first time it touched a computer was in the hot hands of Mikey Young for mastering, so it sounds better too.GONZO aren't punk, indie, shoe-gaze, psych, whatever. GONZO are a rock band. And a real one. GONZO reference classic rock sounds like The Saints, The Victims, Gang of Four, and the Easybeats alongside modern sounds of Thee Oh Sees, Eddy Current Suppression Ring and Uranium Club. See for yourself.