Description
The reissue 3LP album "Djax-Up-Beats 1990-2005: Volume 1 - The Acid Trip" contains 14 tracks of 90s acid music by Dutch pioneers, including early recordings by St. Germain (Ludovic Navarre) and Bjorn Torske.
An archive project by the prestigious Dutch label Delsin, featuring thehistoric Dutch techno label Djax-Up-Beats.Curated by Rush Hour co-founder Christiaan Macdonald, this 3LP album is the first in a compilation series that looks back at the development and global spread of acid music in the 90s.
It includes 14 tracks, including early recordings by key artists such as Ludovic Navarre, known asSt. Germain (Hexagone), and Bjorn Torske (Ismistik), as well as 90s acid music by Dutch pioneers such asEdge Of Motion, Random XS, and Acid Junkies.
The artwork features a newly drawn illustration by Detroit-based visual artist Alan Oldham, who established the label's early visual identity, while the included insert contains detailed liner notes by music journalist Oli Warwick.Precisely mastered by engineer Johanz Westerman, who worked on every track, this valuable archive release is brought back to life with high-resolution, dynamic sound while preserving the raw energy of the original recordings.
A1 Ismistik – Cassis
A2 Acid Junkies Feat. The Doctor – Telephone Terror
B1 China White – Batteries Not Included
B2 Greyhawk – Epidemic Future
B3 Storm – Takaru
C1 Hexagone – Burning Trash Floor
C2 Phase Phorce – Complications
D1 Mike Dearborn – Raw Acid (Interlude)
D2 Mike Dearborn – Outer Limits (Trance Mixx)
D3 Planet Gong – Eight Miles High
E1 Group X – Tranze X
E2 Edge Of Motion – La Orilla
F1 Random XS – Aftermath V1.2
F2 Miss Djax – Killer Train
Delsin is pleased to announce an extensive compilation series combing through the catalogue of landmark Dutch techno label Djax-Up-Beats. The series, curated by Rush Hour co-founder Christiaan Macdonald, launches with a look at the label's legacy in the development of acid music through the 90s. In total, this first entry in the Djax-Up-Beats 1990-2005 series comprises 20 tracks, presented as a main triple-vinyl album plus two additional 12" EPs. The compilation also features all-new illustrations from Alan Oldham, the Detroit-rooted visual artist who gave Djax-Up-Beats a distinctive visual identity from very early on, and design by Lost Communication. Each volume of the series also features liner notes from music journalist Oli Warwick. Crucially, every track featured on the series has been carefully mastered by Johanz Westerman, bringing the best out of tracks that often had very little post-production treatment before they were originally pressed to wax. Volume 1 - The Acid Trip focuses on an area the label is best known for - acid house and techno. After the pioneering breakthroughs Chicago-based producers made with the Roland TB-303 in the late 1980s, acid music creation was starting to become more widespread when Djax-Up started in late 1990. The rebellious, rave-ready sound was an instant draw for label founder Miss Djax, and so her label ended up reflecting the development of acid as it spread from the Chicago roots across the world. Volume 1 - The Acid Trip looks at the diverse approaches to acid taken by artists on Djax-Up. Tracks on the compilation include an early outing from Ludovic 'St Germain' Navarre and Bjorn Torske's Ismistik alias, as well as Dutch pioneers such as Edge Of Motion, Spasms, Random XS and Acid Junkies, and Chicago heavyweights Mike Dearborn and Gene Hunt. With five more, equally extensive, volumes to come in this series, Djax-Up-Beats 1990-2005 is a thorough exploration of a true totem of techno culture - a renegade label that operated on its own terms and carried surprises and slammers in equal measure.
