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COTK vs Eutactic- What of the Future? EP
Available 03/31/09 on Beatport & iTunes

COTK - Attack Of The Elephant Army

Eutactic - Science, Hi Fi, Wine, Women, and Song

COTK & Eutactic - Aww Naw

COTK & Eutactic - Haven't Gotten So Far

What Of The Future? combines the recent Eutactic partnership of Jason Short and Kenneth Scott with the longstanding Jason Short and Marc Smith partnership of the Coalition of The Killing. Riffing on the success of last year's Hypnagogia EP the two forces coalesced for a great show at an Auralism sponsored Aural Therapy party and from that awe-inspiring live surround sound set this new EP was born. What Of The Future? succeeds by uniting the best parts of Eutactic (weird, demented late night insanity) and COTK's elegant, emotionally charged techno. The results can only be described as a moment of dance floor Zen for the ADHD generation.

COTK & Eutactic - Aww Naw
This dark, late night roller jiggles more than Jell-O with some serious ghetto house underpinnings complete with Prince-approved chirping 80s synth accents. The rising wooze of the wobbly horns that drive this track hit harder than a handle of cheap vodka causing the dance floor to stagger gleefully like a reckless drunken mass. Add a helium-coated vocal line and suddenly it all becomes a fun house from hell.

COTK - Attack Of The Elephant Army
Gorgeous fusions of Detroit and Berlin technos' melodic precision with the housey looseness only found in San Francisco come shining through on this track from Auralism cofounders Jason Short and Marc Smith. Add the pair's fondness for elegant psychedelic and this track is unmistakably a COTK production.

Eutactic - Science, Hi Fi, Wine, Women, and Song
The extended spoken word here contains the source of this curiously named track. It is pure deep space buzz-and-ping techno that would make the crop-circle making aliens circling Earth proud. Science rings, roars, and zips like some distant relative of the old psy-trance scene but with a tight minimal techno beat instead of the goa scene's over the top excess.

COTK & Eutactic - Haven't Gotten So Far
Exquisitely gorgeous and melancholic chimes powder this intensely deep piece chunk of late night "personal space" techno. The melodies unwind like a lost 80s synth pop nugget while the bass line throbs and pulses subliminally in the background before giving way to a modulating 303 line for the slightest touch of acid. The dubby washes keep the acid in check with aching twitches of romantic yearning rarely found in dance floor techno.

Feedback

"Really nice ep! - will play 3 of the 4. Nice raw jacking and deep tracks! - Yes!" -Josh Wink

"...this auralism track aww naw is really cool" -Magda

"great ep - my fave is aww naw!" -[a]pendics.shuffle

"I LOVE “Haven’t Gotten So Far.” That lead is so beautiful." -Alland Byallo (Nightlight/Kontrol)

"Twisted, twisted! "Aww Naw" is just sick, stripped-down nastiness." - Limacon

"Aww Naw – Feeling this. Driving dark subtle groove, great sound design (as usual from these guys), and a drugged out spoken word layer. I really appreciate the sound design, structure, and
harmonic/melodic components of the other tracks...Thank you guys!" -Dub-Tek (Blipswitch.net / Ingrooves)

Also support from:

Alexkid, Chris Fortier, Claude VonStroke, Fabrice Lig, Dilo, Dubfire, Sasse

Artist Info

COTK

Eutactic

Track List

1. COTK & Eutactic - Aww Naw
2. COTK - Attack Of The Elephant Army
3. Eutactic - Science, Hi Fi, Wine, Women, and Song
4. COTK & Eutactic - Haven't Gotten So Far