chances is that i discovered psilodump's music either through sets on or when i was trawling net-labels on archive.org. simon rahm has spit out a huge amount of music over the years and i have enjoyed a large number of the tracks that i've heard. however i can't remember most of the names except "the night i lost you all you all" and "jag och psilodump", the latter of which includes "jag hatar psilodump" which i love and have planned to do an entry about but have forgotten to do so.
"tangens" is one of his many proper techno numbers but it's aestethic and creative use of sounds and samples makes it distinctive of rahm's other output. i quite like it but i consider pierre jerksten aka homerun's version to be much better. it boils the track down to it's essentials and emphasises the groove which is one of the strongpoints of the original.
jerksten takes the tempo down a smidge and when doing this the rumbling bassline becomes even more powerful. as homerun pierre j is more known for the sort of chuggy tribal progressive house/techno sound and this is no exception except the percussion are more of a background element imbedded into the groove. he puts all the focus on the bassline and as the track progresses, it's doubled up on other synths that are in midrange.
there is also a small melody that was employed in the latter half of the original that jerksten used in the first half of the track right before the break. never the less i wouldn't say that is the key melodic element as the way that midrange bassline, is filtering in and out ever so resonantly, is the hook. it sounds like a processed acid warble backed up with bitcrushing, some white noise and reverb. when it is at it's loudest, you really expect it to explode into some arpeggiated acidline but it never does.
a vicious piece of big room techno. well recommended
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