You can always count on BAKK to furnish the forward thinking DJ / collector with some boundary pushing, unconventional shizzle, whether it be on the unmissable Plafond series or the OG arm of the label. It's a freezing February day in Piccadilly Records, but the summery SFV Acid reappears fully-fledged with some sluggish San Fernando Valley funk and his signature acidic aesthetics. Mostly slow-burning tracks that meander the boulevards, twitchy due the right dose of acid and vocal jabs scattered across. It's always summer in the valley. The slanking groove, steam-kettle (think Death Row circa 1994) synths and garbled acid line of "Lil Heaven" provide the soundtrack to my next Quake III murder spree, while the tumbling, percolating narco-boogie of "Always" reminds me of a time I overdid the inhalants and tried to listen to Dam-Funk. Flip the disc and "405 Mary" ups the tempo into squidgy e-funk territory, spin back sounds and spangled motifs keeping it decidedly gangsta, before the humid ambience, clicking perx and gut-rumbling bass of "Jasons II" closes the set. Fiyah!
STAFF COMMENTS
Patrick says: SFV Acid returns to BAKK with a quartet of shoulder rolling slank-outs on an acid/electro tip. Three cuts are slow and steamy summer jams, mobbing the BBQ in baggy pants and chains, while the faster "405 Mary" is squidgy, spacey and nebulous e-funk for fans of that BIG Bewwip disc we had a couple of weeks ago.
TRACK LISTING
1. Lil Heaven (Less)
2. Always (La Hardcrew Mix)
3. 405 Mary
4. Jasons Ii