You’ve heard me wax lyrical about Simian Mobile Disco many a time, so I’ll (try to) spare you the fanboy rambling…
To celebrate the release of Simian Mobile Disco’s US mix CD, Simian Mobile Disco Is Fixed, for Defend Music, they’re giving away a free 320 of their recent ‘Nerve Salad’. The CD is the first in a new compilation series celebrating New York City’s forward thinking FIXED party:
The mix, out 12 October, represents what you’d expect to hear from SMD at one of their FIXED residency nights: all techno, flecked with jazzy, spacey sonics as well as deep and darker tangents; and, of course, their penchant for acid makes an appearance.
The freebie ‘Nerve Salad’ is the B-side on the superb ‘Aspic / Nerve Salad’ EP; although its at 320kbps, it is an 5 minute edit of the 9 minute original. The galloping techno beats build into a swirling, slightly wonky onslaught of brooding atmospherics:
