Terre Thaemlitz’s Comatose presents the collectable 2nd vinyl cut of her sublime, writhing DJ Sprinkles remix to Will Long’s Acid Trax, backed with its bare bones original, both primed for deepest dances‘Acid Trax EP 2’ extends a simpatico creative relationship between Long x Thaemlitz extant since the first volume of ‘Long Trax’ emerged nearly a decade ago. Like those volumes, and their 1st Acid Trax hook-up, the two sides offer a contrast of dry and fleshly textures and approaches to the OG late ‘80s phenomena that spread from Chicago to NYC, UK and Europe and really never left dance floors ever since.
Will Long takes over 11 minutes to coax his machines into hypnotic ermutations of sizzling 909 and 303 piquancy in a mode patently inspired by the likes of Phuture’s incessant ur-acid template and the trippy lucidity of early Plastikman. DJ Sprinkles’ ‘All Alkalis Are Bases but All Bases Are Not Alkalis’ remix locates a warmer space inside the groove, adding his own keys and sensitively dubbing out its elements in a much slinkier, Latinate groove, accentuated with purring square bass and teasing drums that beckon right inside for the duration.