Starting in 2021 the critically acclaimed Next Wave Acid Punx series has seen Luca Venezia, aka Curses, celebrate the music that has shaped both his life and career. Across the first two compilations Luca took us from the industrial and post-punk sounds of the late 70s, through the emergence of EBM, new beat and freestyle in the 1980s and onto the music he both makes and plays himself in clubs today. Bringing the series to a close Next Wave Acid Punx TROIS sees the Berlin-based musician and DJ return full circle, this time exploring the sounds that first initiated him into Brooklyn's rave scene and the music that, in some way, continues to embody its eclectic spirit today.

Spread across three  double LPs and 3CD Next Wave Acid Punx TROIS captures a moment whose influence can still be heard reverberating around clubland today. With the nascent rave scene obliterating boundaries, this was a moment where the darker, harder industrial electronic sounds of the mid 1980s were crashing headfirst into the ecstatic wave that was washing over clubland creating thrilling juxtapositions. Whether in the clubs and warehouses of New York, London, Frankfurt, Valencia and beyond, electronic music would never be the same again as countless new genres we take for granted today were born from the chaos and energy that had been unleashed.

Featuring 46 hard-to-find, new and exclusive tracks, Next Wave Acid Punx TROIS both documents that fertile period and shows how, despite rumours to the contrary, that early anarchic spirit can still be found today. From the Detroit Techno of Model 500 to Nitzer Ebb's EBM and the proto-Trance of Age of Love and onto brand new tracks from some of today's best producers such as Zaatar, Italo Deviance and Leona Jacewska, this compilation closes out a series that has to date revelled in exploring the darker corners of clubland in uplifting style.

TRACK LISTING

3CD:
1 Cybex Factor - No Rock
2 Space Trax - Atomic Playboy (Beyond His Mind Mix)
3 Metropolis - Time Of War (A.C. Mix)
4 Megabeat - Jet Harris Tecno Dub (¿Sabe Ya Quien Mato A Laura Palmer?) 5 Robotiko Rejekto - Injection (Robotiko Part 2)
6 P II Syndicate - Diesmal Bist Du Ganz Allein
7 Model 500 - Testing 1-2
8 New Scene - Out Of Control (The Belgium Mix)
9 Age Of Love - The Age Of Love (New Age Mix)
10 Interactive - No Control (Radio Version)
11 Die Krupps & Nitzer Ebb - The Machineries Of Joy (True Work Mix)
12 Konzept - Human Transmission (Cybotron Mix 2)
13 Skila - Hypno Art (The Power Mix)

1 Perdí La Luz - Megadance
2 ROTCIV - The Sign
3 C.ru.z - No Hay Comunicación
4 Facets feat. Kasbaraine - Cold Blooded
5 Josh Ludlow - Hammer Town
6 Leona Jacewska - I Need Another Excuse
7 Church of Ajijik - Eppenepp
8 Digitalism - Into The Club
9 Phunkadelica & Dina Summer - Stars Align
10 Acid Washed & Ubu Noir - Brutal #1
11 Orion Agassi - Pacifier Away (Calm Mix)
12 Brixx & Stockholm Syndrome AU - T.S.C. Systems
13 A.M.Q.N. - Futuro Soldado
14 Gunce Aci feat. Avni Ertepe - Timeless
15 In Trance 95 - Last One to Die
16 Italo Deviance - Point Breeze
17 GOTT - Mirage

1 ESTADO DE BIENESTAR & Dark Vektor - Rewind! (Short Mix)
2 Curses - Crown Of Ruin
3 Iggor Cavalera & P.I.M. - Wrong III
4 Innershades - Neon Dreams
5 Kendal & Andi - Still Human
6 Sesto Senso - Danza Macabra
7 Tronik Youth - Hellfire
8 VELVET VELOUR - Night Bird
9 Radondo & Neu-Romancer - Moving On
10 Zaatar & Mike Sacchetti - Distant Memories
11 RAKANS - Mon Amour
12 Younger Than Me feat. Lourene - I Can't Relax
13 Javi Redondo - HALT [Process]
14 Primal Baby - Hurricane
15 Mala Ika & Tutto Vetro - E-ternal
16 Harlem Electronics - Au Chateau

CHAPTER 1 2LP :
A1. Cybex Factor - No Rock
A2. Space Trax - Atomic Playboy (Beyond His Mind Mix)
A3. Metropolis - Time Of War (A.C. Mix)
B1. Megabeat - Jet Harris Tecno Dub (¿Sabe Ya Quien Mato A Laura Palmer?)
B2. Robotiko Rejekto - Injection (Robotiko Part 2)
B3. P II Syndicate - Diesmal Bist Du Ganz Allein
C1. Model 500 - Testing 1-2
C2. New Scene - Out Of Control (The Belgium Mix)
C3. Age Of Love - The Age Of Love (New Age Mix)
C4. Interactive - No Control (Radio Version)
D1. Die Krupps & Nitzer Ebb - The Machineries Of Joy (True Work Mix)
D2. Konzept - Human Transmission (Cybotron Mix 2)
D3. Skila - Hypno Art (The Power Mix)

CHAPTER 2 2LP :
A1. Perdí La Luz - Megadance
A2. ROTCIV - The Sign
A3. C.ru.z - No Hay Comunicación
A4. Facets feat. Kasbaraine - Cold Blooded
B1. Digitalism - Into The Club
B2. Phunkadelica & Dina Summer - Stars Align
B3. Leona Jacewska - I Need Another Excuse
B4. Church of Ajijik - Eppenepp
B5. Acid Washed & Ubu Noir - Brutal #1
C1. Josh Ludlow - Hammer Town
C2. A.M.Q.N. - Futuro Soldado
C3. Brixx & Stockholm Syndrome AU - T.S.C. Systems
C4. Orion Agassi - Pacifier Away (Calm Mix)
D1. Gunce Aci feat. Avni Ertepe - Timeless
D2. In Trance 95 - Last One to Die
D3. Italo Deviance - Point Breeze
D4. GOTT - Mirage

CHAPTER 3 2LP :
A1. ESTADO DE BIENESTAR & Dark Vektor - Rewind! (Short Mix)
A2. Curses - Crown Of Ruin
A3. Iggor Cavalera & P.I.M. - Wrong III
A4. Innershades - Neon Dreams
B1. Kendal & Andi - Still Human
B2. Javi Redondo - HALT [Process]
B3. Tronik Youth - Hellfire
B4. VELVET VELOUR - Night Bird
C1. Radondo & Neu-Romancer - Moving On
C2. Zaatar & Mike Sacchetti - Distant Memories
C3. RAKANS - Mon Amour
C4. Younger Than Me feat. Lourene - I Can't Relax
D1. Sesto Senso - Danza Macabra
D2. Mala Ika & Tutto Vetro - E-ternal
D3. Primal Baby - HurricaneN
D4. Harlem Electronics - Au Chateau

Over the past few years Eskimo Recordings have invited some of the best crate diggers around to curate compilations that don’t just reveal the hidden contents of their record bags but something about themselves too. Now, following in the footsteps of the likes of Bill Brewster and Psychemagik, producer, musician, DJ, writer and more, Richard Norris, takes us on a globetrotting psychedelic journey with the epic 42 track collection, 'Mr Norris Changes Brains'.

TRACK LISTING

1. Banchee - Evolmia
2. The Dirty Filthy Mud - Forest Of Black
3. Wool - Love, Love, Love, Love, Love
4. Spencer Mac - Ka-Ka Baya Mow-Mow (Sing A Little Love Song)
5. Trifle - One Way Glass
6. Brainticket - Black Sand
7. Emma De Angelis - Trip
8. Blonde On Blonde - Castles In The Sky
9. The Braen's Machine - Fall Out
10. Eddie Warner & Roger Roger - Shut Up
11. Köy Karde?ler - Shürük
12. The Children - Beautiful
13. Moebius & Beerbohm - Doppelschnitt (Richard Norris Edit)
14. Demon Fuzz - Past, Present & Future

Over the past few years Eskimo Recordings have invited some of the best crate diggers around to curate compilations that don’t just reveal the hidden contents of their record bags but something about themselves too. Now, following in the footsteps of the likes of Bill Brewster and Psychemagik, producer, musician, DJ, writer and more, Richard Norris, takes us on a globetrotting psychedelic journey with the epic 42 track collection, 'Mr Norris Changes Brains'.

TRACK LISTING

1. Iron Butterfly - Iron Butterfly Theme
2. Rare Bird - Devil's High Concern
3. Paul St. John - Flying Saucers Have Landed
4. Chris Hodge - We're On Our Way (2010 Remaster)
5. Juantrip - Shadows
6. 62 Miles From Space - Time Shifts
7. White Trash - Road To Nowhere
8. Blue Phantom - Diodo
9. The Mannheim Rock Ensemble - Hungarian Dances
10. Limousine - Barriers
11. Ugo Busoni - Rullio
12. Bernard Estardy - Cha Tatch Ka
13. Kate - Shout It
14. Dyna-Might - Need You
15. La Metamorfosi - Scusa, Eh!

Over the past few years Eskimo Recordings have invited some of the best crate diggers around to curate compilations that don’t just reveal the hidden contents of their record bags but something about themselves too. Now, following in the footsteps of the likes of Bill Brewster and Psychemagik, producer, musician, DJ, writer and more, Richard Norris, takes us on a globetrotting psychedelic journey with the epic 42 track collection, 'Mr Norris Changes Brains'.

TRACK LISTING

1. André Brasseur - Saturnus
2. Contessa Vittoria - Can We Stay Together
3. Klaus Weiss - Time Signals
4. Brainstorm - You Are Whats Gonna Make It Last
5. Paladin - The Fakir
6. A To Austr - Thumbquake & Earthscrew
7. DAVE - In My Mind
8. Relatively Clean Rivers - Journey Through The Valley Of O
9. The Advancement - Stone Folk
10. The Pretty Things - The Sun
11. Poll - Psachno Na Vro To Filo Mou
12. Higamos Hogamos - Moto Neurono
13. The Invisible Girls - Huddersfield Wastes

Over the past few years Eskimo Recordings have invited some of the best crate diggers around to curate compilations that don’t just reveal the hidden contents of their record bags but something about themselves too. Now, following in the footsteps of the likes of Bill Brewster and Psychemagik, producer, musician, DJ, writer and more, Richard Norris, takes us on a globetrotting psychedelic journey with the epic 42 track collection, 'Mr Norris Changes Brains'.

TRACK LISTING

1. Banchee - Evolmia
2. The Dirty Filthy Mud - Forest Of Black
3. Wool - Love, Love, Love, Love, Love
4. Spencer Mac - Ka-Ka Baya Mow-Mow (Sing A Little Love Song)
5. Trifle - One Way Glass
6. Brainticket - Black Sand
7. Emma De Angelis - Trip
8. Blonde On Blonde - Castles In The Sky
9. The Braen's Machine - Fall Out
10. Eddie Warner & Roger Roger - Shut Up
11. Köy Karde?ler - Shürük
12. The Children - Beautiful
13. Moebius & Beerbohm - Doppelschnitt (Richard Norris Edit)
14. Demon Fuzz - Past, Present & Future
15. Iron Butterfly - Iron Butterfly Theme
16. Rare Bird - Devil's High Concern
17. Paul St. John - Flying Saucers Have Landed
18. Chris Hodge - We're On Our Way (2010 Remaster)
19. Juantrip - Shadows
20. 62 Miles From Space - Time Shifts
21. White Trash - Road To Nowhere
22. Blue Phantom - Diodo
23. The Mannheim Rock Ensemble - Hungarian Dances
24. Limousine - Barriers
25. Ugo Busoni - Rullio
26. Bernard Estardy - Cha Tatch Ka
27. Kate - Shout It
28. Dyna-Might - Need You
29. La Metamorfosi - Scusa, Eh!
30. André Brasseur - Saturnus
31. Contessa Vittoria - Can We Stay Together
32. Klaus Weiss - Time Signals
33. Brainstorm - You Are Whats Gonna Make It Last
34. Paladin - The Fakir
35. A To Austr - Thumbquake & Earthscrew
36. DAVE - In My Mind
37. Relatively Clean Rivers - Journey Through The Valley Of O
38. The Advancement - Stone Folk
39. The Pretty Things - The Sun
40. Poll - Psachno Na Vro To Filo Mou
41. Higamos Hogamos - Moto Neurono
42. The Invisible Girls - Huddersfield Wastes

Next Wave Acid Punx DEUX is the second compilation for Eskimo Recordings compiled and curated by Berlin-based Musician and DJ Luca Venezia, aka Curses, to explore the darker side of club music. Spread across 3CDs and three 2LPs Next Wave Acid Punx DEUX features a mammoth 49 tracks that join the dots between early industrial pioneers Throbbing Gristle, EBM legends like Nitzer Ebb and the post-punk experiments of people like Malcolm McLaren and Big Audio Dynamite with some of the most exciting artists around today, such as Boy Harsher, Nuovo Testamento and Years of Denial.

Where the first Next Wave Acid Punx compilation was a personal journey for Luca, a lockdown inspired exploration of his record collection to find the thread that ran through the music that had soundtracked much of his life, DEUX is a celebration of that music let loose on the world, the thrill of music performed live, the smoke and strobe filled clubs you'll hear it in and the artists you'll find on those stages.

"After our enforced break, getting back out there and playing live again really brought home to me so much of what I love about the scene I'm in but also just how important live music has been and is to club culture over the years," Luca explains. "Too often we think of club nights and live gigs as these separate things, but throughout the years it's where the two meet, the friction that can cause, that you'll find the most vibrant scenes."

"There's an energy, an atmosphere that you get with live music, an unpredictability where at any moment something can go wrong or even better right in a way you never expect. I think about a live set we played at a Lebanese festival where our MPC drum machine froze up because of all the dust and sand trapped in the pads. We had to improvise half our set, jamming bass and guitar and pedal FX and vocals, embracing this surreal environment and experience, something that could only happen in the moment."

"With Next Wave Acid Punx DEUX I wanted to celebrate those bands and artists, past and present who, to me, represent that spirit. Both full live bands and makeshift electronic duos alike, the kind of acts that you might have found wedged between DJs back in the day at The Hacienda in the 80s, Trash in the 00s or today at nights like Berlin’s MILK ME, EXBTN in Paris, Night Terrors + SC&P in London, New York City’s Synthicide or Ukraine’s Worn Pop."

"So I've put this compilation together much like my favourite kind of night, going out to see some bands play, hitting up a club where live music and DJs blur together, before the serious business of the after party. On Chapter 1 you'll find bands like Vicious Pink, DAF and Cabaret Voltaire, some of these acts are more obscure than others, some flirted with pop and even the charts but they were all embracing new ways of working in the late 70s and 80s that both set them apart and set the scene for much of what we think of as club music."

"Chapter 2 moves the night on, and this is the sound of the clubs I love to both play and just hang out in these days, clubs where the people involved put a lot more time into digging through the crates than working on their Instagram Reels. These are places where you're as likely to find a band on stage as you are a DJ, where 80's German electro pop by a band like Boytronic seamlessly flows into tracks like Silent Servant’s Non Fiction. Timeless music that can be romantic, dreamlike and ethereal one moment, then veer into dark, industrial sounds the next."

"Then finally we get to that part of the night where you probably should go home but if it's too late for good decisions there's still time for good music. Things are a bit wilder here, the drums a bit harder, the synths are more aggressive, tracks like The Hacker's Monopoly, Zanias' Tryptamine Palace or EVA's Industrial Hope that don't let up, don't let you go, just subjugate you to the beat and keep you there till you stumble out blinking into a new day." 

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Another absolute stormer of a comp from the Eskimo crew. this time it's split into three, and it's REALLY hard to say which i'd go for given the chance. Throbbing Gristle, Cab Voltaire, DAF, The KVB and literally tens more. A perfectly curated selection of dark dancefloor grit and soaring synthy groove.

TRACK LISTING

Chapter 1:
A1. Throbbing Gristle - Distant Dreams, Pt. 2
A2. Mary Möör - Pretty Day
A3. Sad Lovers & Giants - Things We Never Did
A4. Malcolm McLaren - Madam Butterfly (Un Bel Di Vedremo)
B1. Big Audio Dynamite - The Big V
B2. Cabaret Voltaire - Blue Heat
B3. Nitzer Ebb - Hearts And Minds (Mix Hypersonic)
B4. Clan Of Xymox - Obsession
C1. In Sotto Voce - In Sotto Voce
C2. Psyche - Prisoner To Desire (Single Mix)
C3. Propaganda - The Murder Of Love
C4. DAF - Brothers (Gabi Mix)
D1. Book Of Love - Modigliani (Lost In Your Eyes) (I Dream Of Jeanne Mix)
D2. Vicious Pink - Cccan’t You See
D3. Absolute Body Control - Total Control

Chapter 2:
A1. Boytronic - Voloczny
A2. The KVB - Still Warm (2023 Version)
A3. Cardinal & Nun - Freak And Weak
A4. Jennifer Touch - Altars
A5. Matrixxman - Assembly Line
B1. Silver Tears - Always Shine (Wait For The Rain)
B2. Essaie Pas - Retox
B3. Aili X Transistorcake - Dansu
B4. Years Of Denial - It Sucks
C1. Dina Summer - Darkness
C2. Patriarchy - Suffer
C3. Maelstrom & Louisahhh - Hate Machine
C4. Dame Area - Buon Cittadino
C5. Kris Baha - Into The Dark
D1. Desire - Love Races On
D2. Blind Delon Feat. I Hate Models - Flashback
D3. Poison Point - Altered Beats
D4. Roe Deers - Muscles

Chapter 3:
A1. Boy Harsher - Machina (feat. Mariana Saldaña) (Dark Remix)
A2. Silent Servant - Non Fiction
A3. J.W.B. Hits The Beat - Body On Body (Curses Revamp)
A4. Hungry Boys - Toi
B1. Nuovo Testamento - Heartbeat (Curses Remix - Edit)
B2. Autumns - Repeat Prescription
B3. Buzz Kull - A Place (That’s Meant To Be)
B4. Soft Crash - Dolce Morte
C1. Dame Bonnet & Mufti - Pleasure Dreams
C2. Ultra Sunn - Night Is Mine
C3. Neu-Romancer - Burning Eyes
C4. EVA - Industrial Hope
D1. Andi Vs Randolph & Mortimer - Formidable Truths
D2. Zanias - Tryptamine Palace
D3. The Hacker - Monopoly
D4. Paradox Obscur - Evo-Devo