アシッド・ハウス、ディスコ、エレクトロ、ダブ、ニューウェイヴ、EBM！マンチェスターのGhost AssemblyことAbigail Wardによる注目盤！

Ghost AssemblyことAbigail Wardによる『RESIST! / I Keep on Making the Same Mistake』は、抗議の熱と内省的な感情を融合させたダブルAサイドEP。

「RESIST!」は、マンチェスター中心部でのデモ参加後に制作された111BPMのアシッド・ハウス・トラック。TB-303のうねりとTR-707のグルーヴに、アラビックなリズムが絡み合い、Harper Hayのヴォーカル・サンプルが抗議の声を響かせる。

「Utter Kunt Mix」は、Sleng Tengにインスパイアされたアヴァン・ダブ。ミッション・インポッシブルのテーマやLes Négresses Vertesの『Zobi La Mouche』を彷彿とさせる要素が散りばめられ、意表を突くサウンドが展開される。

「I Keep on Making the Same Mistake」は、120BPMのブレイクビートにJoey Beltramを思わせるベースラインが絡む。Hazel Groveのヴォーカルが切り刻まれ、ストリングスがドラマを高める。

EPは、ボーナスビーツやストリングス・リプリーズを含む全5トラック。収益はMedical Aid for Palestiniansに寄付される。

A1. Resist! (extended 12" mix)
A2. Resist! (Utter Kunt mix)
A3. Resist! (UK bonus beats)
AA1. I Keep On Making The Same Mistake
AA2. String Reprise

Fresh from beasting the end-of-year charts with her 'I Miss Your Love' remix project, Ghost Assembly, aka Manchester DJ and writer Abigail Ward, is back with a double A-side: RESIST! / I Keep on Making the Same Mistake.

RESIST! (Extended 12" Mix)
Laid down quickly and angrily after attending a demo in Manchester city centre, RESIST! aims to capture the galvanising spirit of protest and put it on wax.
A 111bpm acid chugger that will leave dancefloors of an ALFOS or Optimo persuasion begging for more, this is uncompromising machine funk at its crudest.
Duelling 303s twist around each other whilst a taut, snaking 707 groove underpins unexpected blasts of Arabic rhythm, almost as if DJ Pierre had remixed 'Get UR Freak On', relocating it to the Middle East.
As a stuttering Harper Hay vocal sample urges us to RESIST!, the track climaxes with an ice-cold acid house string coda banged out on a disobedient synth. Please note: the sub on this record may trouble your duodenum.

RESIST! (Utter Kunt Mix)
The Utter Kunt mix is a sparse and daring Sleng Teng-inspired avant-dub affair strictly for discerning dancefloors only. Improbably combining hints of the Mission Impossible theme, Les Negresses Vertes' 'Zobi La Mouche' and the rough-hewn sampling of 'Duck Rock', this is a radiant obstacle in the path of the obvious. Warning: collectors of On-U, EBM and New Beat could experience a spate of nocturnal emissions upon purchasing this record.

The A-side closes with a BONUS BEATS version of the Utter Kunt Mix: a must-have DJ tool.

I KEEP ON MAKING THE SAME MISTAKE
Picking up the pace to 120, 'I Keep on Making the Same Mistake' sees Ghost Assembly returning to her string-drenched sad banger comfort zone, pairing a chilly breakbeat with a bass riff reminiscent of Joey Beltram having a gut-wrenching cry wank. Keening vocals supplied by Hazel Grove are chopped up, tormented and eventually hurled down a K-hole as the strings build and the drama escalates.
When the credits roll on this cinematic masterpiece we hear a wistful French lesbian talking about 'borrowed bliss'.

A future comedown classic; also sounds good slowed down to 33rpm.

The E.P. signs off with a stunning string-a-pella that will linger long after the needle hits the run-out groove.