Description
Chicago house deity JAMAL MOSS deconstructs the essence of disco with ferocious tape edits inherited from RON HARDY.
JAMAL MOSS, the maverick of Chicago house who runs MATHEMATICS RECORDINGS and also performs as HIEROGLYPHIC BEING, brings back the extreme open-reel tape splicing techniques once employed by RON HARDY at the legendary club THE MUSIC BOX in this release under the name MEMBERS ONLY.
A1 "IM GONNA BEAT U THIS WAY" uses CARL BEAN's garage/disco masterpiece "I WAS BORN THIS WAY" as its source material, relentlessly looping the vocals to fire up the dance floor. A2 "GET OFF BLAST OFF" takes RIPPLE's funk classic "GET OFF" as its base, injecting it with a wild beat and an addictive groove. Then, on B1 "CLOUDS ON THE RAIN," PATRICE RUSHEN's classic "I WAS TIRED OF BEING ALONE" is re-edited. Its sophisticated soul-jazz atmosphere is pitched up and deliberately transformed with a raw, lo-fi texture.
A gritty soundscape that seems to reject all digital correction, turning even distortion and noise into weapons. The raw energy etched into the vinyl grooves is filled with a primal, destructive euphoria that polished modern dance music has lost.
A1. Im Gonna Beat U This Way
A2. Get Off Blast Off
B1. Clouds On The Rain
MEMBERS ONLY is back with more freaked out weirdo edits to excite your night. As lo-fi as ever, volume 7 of the series leans hard into disco territory with 3 heavily chopped tracks harkening back to RON HARDY's legendary tape edits at THE MUSIC BOX. For those who know.
