"The long-awaited Black Hoe Recordings compilation "Tending the Garden of Death - An Exhibition" supplies a poisonous harvest of species representing the darker side of the drum n' bass family as well as a few mutated relatives. Snaper, Nic TVG and Radical Motion offer sinuous vines of atmosphere surrounding glitched-out, thorny breaks rooted in deep, wallowing basslines. An assortment of invasive, lurching science experiments-gone-wrong have been released by the likes of ValkyR, Terry Artovsky & Malicious, Troops Of Doom & Halves, and I3orderlinE. The likes of Mystification and Egoshoota & Konkav, Cruize of Fiction, and Peter Kurten have spawned high-powered and heavily-armored phenotypes bent on the total annihilation of all life. True to Black Hoe form, this compilation embraces evil but doesn't skimp on variety. Indeed it's a testament to the resilience and adaptability of an eternally fertile combination: dark bass and wicked drums. Take a walk through the Garden of Death."
releases 19 December 2011
2011. Black Hoe Music Group. BH001CD
www.blackhoe-recordings.com
"DIAGNOSIS" by RADICAL MOTION
Written, produced and arranged by Istvan Tanka and Abel Varga.
"SHOW ME HOW TO CRY" (EGOSHOOTA & KONKAV REMIX) by MYSTIFICATION
Written, produced and arranged by Norbert Szakacs.
Re-produced and re-arranged by Christo Novak and Constantin Mayer.
"TENSION" (HALVES REMIX) by TROOPS OF DOOM
Written, produced and arranged by Attila Molnar.
Re-produced and re-arranged by Norbert Szakacs and Mihaly Ballok.
"PARALYZED" by MALICIOUS & TERRY ARTOVSKY
Written, produced and arranged by Kia Tasbihgou and Michal Szczepkowski.
"YOU DON'T KNOW ME" by SNAPER
Written, produced and arranged by Gabor Kakuk.
"ROBOTS HAVE STEPHANIE'S HEADPHONES" by NIC TVG
Written, produced and arranged by Nic Taylor.
"SUBCONSCIOUS" by l3orderlinE
Written, produced and arranged by Mihaly Ballok.
"NAUGHTY" by HALVES
Written, produced and arranged by Norbert Szakacs and Mihaly Ballok.
"ANGST" by CRUIZE OF FICTION
Written, produced and arranged by Dries Merre.
"FUCKING BASSTARD" by PETER KURTEN
Written, produced and arranged by Pierre Colmant.
"UNDERLIFE" by ValkyR
Written, produced and arranged by Marius Kovacs.
"LOOKING GLASS" by HALVES
Written, produced and arranged by Norbert Szakacs and Mihaly Ballok.
"SHOW ME HOW TO CRY" (ACOUSTIC VERSION) by MYSTIFICATION
Written, produced and arranged by Norbert Szakacs.
Additional mastering by Macc @ Subvert Central Mastering.
Art and layout by Oliver Trigger.