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Returning to his home studio in Rotterdam in 2000, Speedy began work on "Loudboxer". Consciously wanting to return to a more basic formula, Speedy smoothed the abstract edges to produce a much more direct piece of work, yet one which still proves as exciting as his previous two.Almost an album of two halves, it opens with 'Reenter', which sets the tone for the first 6 tracks. Deep, dark and based around a simple rhythm, the track is reminiscent of the womb like output of Berlin's Basic Channel. What follows are variations around the theme of the opening track with each one building upon the last. 'Bihum' marks the end of the first cycle giving way to 'InterZil', a dream-like descent into drifting snatches of speech and ambient sounds which is followed by the frenzied single, 'Krekc', and so begins the second, and more intense, second cycle. 'Sevntrak' is as hard as a track can be without simply being noise, while 'Krikc Live' sounds like a full blown riot. Unrelenting, hard as nails and brutally unsubtle, the second half of the album is an exhilarating experience. An album of breath taking intensity and one which proves the boy's not finished yet.
The vinyl issue of "Loudboxer" consists of a double album pack containing 200 locked grooves of loops taken from the CD release. This is the first time that an artist's original material has been released in this quantity as locked grooves.
Producer:
Jochem Paap
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