NEVER TEST - Depraved Heart

Format: LP + insert in screen-printed sleeve limited to 225 copies
Catalogue No.: QEDLP01
Release Date: 04 Aug 2025
Genre: Balearic/Downtempo

Wonderful weird manouevres from Thomas Cox's QED, here releasing its first album. Expect dubbed up echofests and reggae sound system sirens ('Crushed By A Speaker Stack'), grungy distorted bassline rumbles ('Riot In The Dancehall') and sparse machine funk ('Spikes & Studs & Chains'). Like the musical lovechild of a leftfield 90s Vienna session a la Mego or Cheap, and a dubby take on the Berlin's Digital Hardcore Recordings sound, those who loved their electronics on the wayward, limit-pushing side, should find this a rather special listen.

Side 1
A1. "Garrote A Soundboy Tonite" 4:01
A2. "Bound & Gagged With 1/4" Tape" 4:35
A3. "Crawling Through The Gutter" 4:00
A4. "Spikes & Studs & Chains" 4:28
Side 2
B1. "Sliced Open With A Broken Dubplate" 5:01
B2. "Crushed By A Speaker Stack" 3:46
B3. "Riot In The Dancehall" 4:45
B4. "Low Pressure System" 4:41