black sites: unit 2669

Helena Hauff and F#X present Unit 2669, their second record as Black Sites following 2013's Prototype EP (PAN 046EP). These hardware fetishists and resident DJs at Hamburg's iconic Golden Pudel Club deliver two cauterizing acid/techno cuts. A-side "Unit 2669" is built around a narcotic, modulated 303 line and protean drones, while on the flip, "??????" is an exercise in tape manipulation and visceral mechanics; its circuitry corroded by parasites, the track's lurching pulse of paranoid sirens is eviscerated by tearing feedback surges. Mastered and cut by Rashad Becker at Dubplates & Mastering. Pressed on 140-gram vinyl. Artwork by Bill Kouligas.