NEGATIVE REACTION - "S/T" LPNegative Reaction Negative Reaction LP (Zaius Tapes, 2021) "Negative Reactions masterful lone lp was originally released in 1981 by Dogfood Productions (home of the estimable Slugfuckers) & might be the most perfect example of dystopian malaise ever injected into the burgeoning post punk scene. Its easy to forget or simply not be aware that at the nascent dawn of the 80s, specific, niche perfect genres hadnt been carved out. Done primarily via

AWESOME avant dub/techno from Berlin duo Turmspringer (via seemingly new'ish Berlin label Mole Audio

It is as if they had always been there from a long time ago

declarative

“I Take It That We’re Through”

The songs on The Shapiros are perfectly formed

" - Matt McDermott (Resident Advisor)

the driver of course was in turn baffledvanished and finally pulped by the clarinet pitthe last half of this bunch were alreadytaken by the suggestion of figurewhich

His pedigree is legit

On Virtual Geisha there's also a first glimpse of the directions he'd take his other projects in the future on tracks like 'Enter Mrs

cinema and dance

exactly) shares a kindred spirit with this one

unpretentious and highly emotive music