Boomin’ – Electro Empire 08

A Detroit electro-bass classic! ‘Boomin» originally appeared on Will Web’s second EP release, ‘Extraterrestrial Phunk’, on the legendary Detroit label Direct Beat in 1996. It was also featured in Dave Clarke’s seminal 1998 ‘Electro Boogie’ mix release. This long-overdue reissue includes the remastered original mix, as well as two previously unreleased versions – the ‘Alt Mix’ and ‘Bonus Beats’. All versions of the track portrary a hollowed-out, leaden vision of the alt-future and command a fantastic use of reverb and space, as if the music were being blasted through a cybernetic bullhorn; everything sounds impressively analog, but the tracks all escape the common electro pratfall of requiring everything to sound front-and-centre.