D-Man – Untitled

The debut release from Dirk Mantei on his own 800trak imprint. On one side there's a slow reduced dub-techno track with metallic stabs, comparable to Basic Channel, minus the hiss. On the other side, something completely different, a fierce acid track. Repetitive and percussive, it thunders from start to finish, until the last few minutes, when sounds which can only be likened to wind howling through a window crack creep over the acid line. Original, annoyingly rare, and worth tracking down at any cost.