PT020 - The Pretension All-Stars - The Inevitable Consequence Of Complex Chemistry

That title's a real mouthful, huh?

The Pretension All-Stars are Bass Kittens (Jon Drukman), Volum (Jean-Paul Bondy) and Jeff Taylor.

The Inevitable Consequence of Complex Chemistry is a rocking Acid Electro track filled with rolling 303s, tricked out drum edits, and analog synthesizers hacking and bleeping around every twist and turn. The All-Stars also offer a remix of the track, a stripped-down funky version of the original, still loaded with 303 and spaced-out analog synthesis.

Carl A Finlow (Silicon Scally, Voice Stealer) offers a remix with the storming machine-funk and psychedelic Electro madness for which he is well-known. Code Rising rounds out the release with a gloriously glitched-up Electro-Bass monster. All four tunes are ready to rock any dancefloor.

PT019 - Bass Kittens - A World Without Zinc

Change of pace for Mr. Kittens as he takes us on a dark downtempo trip. IDM, dub, experimental synth washes, drones, ambience - it's all in there. One for dark rooms and late nights.



Read full review of A World Without Zinc - BASS KITTENS on Boomkat.com ©

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PT018 - jsd - Nitrogen

Do you like classic synth music like Jean-Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, etc. ?

We at Pretension love it.  Love it to bits.  Naturally we jumped at the chance to unleash this into the world.




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PT017 - Bass Kittens - Click Death

Four tracks of DSP-heavy, crunchy, bone rattling electro.  A stormer.

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PT016 - Bass Kittens - Ecstasy Flashback

Late one night in the Pretension Studio, after too much red wine, Bass Kittens fell asleep. Just slumped right over on the synthesizer keyboard. He had a crazy dream in which he was transported back to an illegal warehouse party in 1992, but in possession of a laptop full of all the production software he loved from the 21st Century. Upon awakening, he found three mysterious new files on his hard drive.

They sounded like the breaks-and-sample-heavy music from his drug obsessed youth, but with a modern spin. "Hoovers!" he exclaimed. "Stabs! Chipmunk Vocals! Tricky edits! It's all HERE!" Clearly there was only one thing to do with this time warp-bestowed bounty - send it on over to his pals at Addictech and let the entire world share the insane rush of the ECSTASY FLASHBACK.

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PT015 - The JDs - Education

JD#1 = Jack Dangers of Meat Beat Manifesto
JD#2 = Jon Drukman of Bass Kittens

Seriously, what else do you need to know?




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PT014 - Copthorne MacDonald - Vidicon

Little is known about the mysterious Mr MacDonald, other than he shares his name with the inventor of slow-scan television. His demo arrived in the mail one day, covered with stamps from various Eastern European post offices. It's a bit of a departure from the normal Pretension sound, but we value good music above all, so we were thrilled to be able to put it out.

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