Eat Static - Revisitation: The Singles 1993-1998

Will bring those Megadog all-nighters flooding back

Started around 20 years ago as a spin-off project from veteran space-rockers Ozric Tenacles, Eat Static were initially a vehicle for drummer Merv Pepler and keyboards-player Joie Hinton to indulge their new-found acid house fixation. Using alien visitation dialogue from B-movies, cosmic melodies and mindblowing effects over pummelling techno beats, they pioneered the now globally-huge psy-trance, becoming firm favourites at festivals and countless Megadog events. The Megadog label, Planet Dog, released four Eat Static albums and a string of singles throughout the 90s, which have since become collectors’ items, maybe because, at the time, their audience were too hammered, broke or busy partying to buy them.

With many old ravers now retired from all-night hedonism, this 2-CD set provides a perfect souvenir from psychedelic dance music’s golden age, gathering tracks from the nine EPs Eat Static released during the last decade, starting with 1993’s Lost In Time, roaring through high-octane romps such as Epsylon, Hybrid, and Contact: all joyfully scrambled and pounding but, amid the relentless repetitive beats, often musically complex and always managing to retain a smile-inducing element of silliness. The set also features the previously-unreleased Cocoon from 1991 and 1992’s You Are Being Taken. So-called “nu ravers” could do worse than experience some proper dancefloor lunacy.

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Megadog | BARKCD 037 (2-CD)

Reviewed by Kris Needs
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