What: LHD EP by DERTHXY
Netlabel: Bump Foot
Japanese musician DERTHXY presents us with a great three song EP of techno-based music with some extra spices.
Track one is called “Oon” and sounds to me almost like it’s trying to be an electronic version of heavy metal. I’d more completely describe it as the genre “techno-metal-film noir soundtrack.” Is that a thing? Next up is “LHD MMXIV.” Again techno at its base but driven by a heavier, darker sound with a two syllable voice sample repeating throughout. The final song is called “Tunes” and is more electronic and beat focused, but with a buzzing keyboard appearing often, almost following a sine wave pattern. All in all some mind blowing LHD.
Bump Foot is a netlabel run by Tatsu Suzuki who, like DERTHXY, is also from Japan. The label has been a going concern since 2005 and has hundreds of releases to hunt through. They have what they call their “bump side” which consists of techno and house music related items, and the “foot side” which consists of ambient, IDM, or I guess whatever doesn’t fit on the bump side. Let’s not take sides though, let’s just bump and foot.