Karenn - Untitled mp3 album

raw, uncompromising. worth buying just for 'clean it up' alone, anything else is a bonus

This is one of my 'get the fuq out my house' 7am jams

My man! You lot are few and far between though haha

Really bad technique bruh, I l wouldn't leave your house if you play this.

Somewhere between Drexciya and Hieroglyphic Being, this release forces you to re-focus your attention to the smaller details and endure the sharper ones. Appreciation goes into the textures, the patterns of the squiggles and the effect of the snotty synth blurts. Love it.

Can't really make up my mind about this one either, it sounds so 'bad' at times, but then the sum of all the parts, the pure live energy poured into this makes it really interesting. The infamous Boiler Room set got Karenn a lot of attention, and I must say I listen to this record with a big grin on my face! Like others have mentioned before, this sounds so lo-fi and rough compared to the overproduced stuff that is everywhere. This is the sex pistols or joy division of techno: pure and unpolished, brutal artist expression and energy. For that alone this gets a 5/5 for me. Also, Clean it up is a hell of a banger!

Massive Fan of Blawan and Sheworks, but this is just... bad

Possibly one of the most obnoxious techno releases that I can ever remember. Everything in my body wants me to hate it, but I just can't for some reason. They say there's a thin line between love and hate...this release has me wondering. Is this a techno disaster, or the birth and launch of a new phase in techno stylings (analog distortion + retardedly huge kick drum pissing matches)? I have to give it a 5 out of 5 because anything this unlikeable yet intoxicating could only signify the dawn of a new era. In my opinion this is hardcore 90's rave techno of the highest order, firmly resurrected. Your kids will f*cking love it.

too much jibberjabber...

umm, there's nothing "new era" about this at all. had it been released in 1990... maybe. but a few slightly distorted loops has been done a million times before. listen to the early Drumcode releases (especially Beast Tamer), almost everything produced by The Advent in the last 15 years, lots of the Ant-Zen catalog and many other labels, etc., and you'll realize everything on this release is entirely unoriginal. you can't resurrect what's been the boring norm for two decades.

I'm not sure about "analog distortion" :)