SMACK001
FORMAT: EP
ARTIST: TONY PRICE
TITLE: SMACK TRACKS VOL.1
TRACKLISTING:
DEFENDER (4:32)
DOUBLE SEVENS (4:27)
TOP BRASS (4:14)
UNLIMITED (5:58)
WRITTEN, RECORDED, PROGRAMMED, PRODUCED
AND MIXED BY: TONY PRICE FOR MAXIMUM EXPOSURE INC.
MASTERED BY: TONY PRICE FOR MAXIMUM EXPOSURE INC.
GRAPHIC PROCESSING, DESIGN & LAYOUT: TONY PRICE FOR MAXIMUM EXPOSURE INC.
IG: @MAXIMUMEXPOSUREINC
ARTIST: TONY@MAXIMUMEXPOSUREINC.COM
TONY PRICE IS BACK WITH HIS THIRD RELEASE OF 2023. “SMACK TRACKS VOL. 1” IS THE FIRST INSTALLMENT IN AN ONGOING SERIES OF RELEASES FOCUSING ON DRUM MACHINE BEATDOWNS, RAW RHYTHM TRACKS AND VULGAR SONIC TEXTURES.
SATURDAY NIGHT TRANSITIONS. BEAT TRACKS YOU CAN LISTEN TO. TOOLS FOR FOOLS.
RECORDED LIVE AND DIRECT TO TAPE, UTILIZING A VARIETY OF DRUM MACHINES, FUZZ BOXES, RING MODULATORS AND RACK-MOUNTED SYNTHESIZERS, TONY HAS CREATED FOUR SLABS OF CLASSIC HOUSE BRUTALISM THAT CALL TO MIND THE LIKES OF DJ JOE LEWIS, THE HOT MIX 5 CREW, THROBBING GRISTLE, EARLY ROBERT HOOD AND MR. HEARD’S BEAT-STOMPING GHERKIN JERK PSYCHEDELIA.
“DEFENDER” IS ALL ABOUT FLANGED 707 HATS AND PIXELATED CHROME TEXTURES. THE SOUND OF AN MS-DOS ACID MELTDOWN OCCURRING AT 126 BEATS PER MINUTE.
“DOUBLE SEVENS” CAPTURES A FAILING 808 BEING SCORCHED BY GERMANIUM TRANSISTORS. DRIPPY, TRIPPY AND SKIPPY.
“TOP BRASS” IS A GROTESQUE SLICE OF MUTATED FUNK THAT BELONGS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN PAISLEY PARK AND THE DEATH FACTORY. PURPLE RIM SHOTS, SKULL-CRACKING CLAPS AND GRISTLEIZED FM HICCUPS.
“UNLIMITED” IS…OH WOW. 135 BPM. THE HARD STUFF. A CORROSION-RESISTANT CHROMIUM BEAT TRACK THAT CLANKS, RICOCHETS AND PERCOLATES LIKE A LONG-LOST, HALF-FINISHED TRANSMAT CUT.
STAY TUNED FOR VOLUME 2.