Ridmik

Legendary electronic music pioneer whose rap sheet includes recordings on Mo' Wax, Ninja Tunes, Rephlex, Planet Mu, and Warp under the aliases Wagon Christ and Plug. Ridmik is 11 tracks of acid house, not hard like the original Trax material, but more personal, cleaner, and ambient. Ridmik could be classified as acid house, but it s not really from the same source as the classic Chicago/Trax records of the late 80's. Luke Vibert plays with tempos across the album, and for the most part, it s a clean and soft sound as opposed to the dark and raw productions of the Chi-town cousins. If anything, the production values lend itself more to the smooth sounds emitting from funk and RnB s use of the classic analog machines, but really Ridmik is wildly out there on its own, with Vibert s freestyle imagination very much taking center stage with the music.