ALOIS HUBER/OH GEE feat. SUPERMAX
Revisions on 10’’: Max
A: »Chill Max«
AA: »Dub Max,
DOW 001, Dubonwax, www.dubonwax.com

That’s the sound! Alois Huber, Austrian grand master of low-tuned bass beats, once againgives us dubstep of historical dimensions. It is just the way it should be – tracks co-producedwithOh Gee, the Swabian US/Chicago resident, founder of the label Dubonwax. Released in befitting 10’’ format, feat. SUPERMAX –akaKurt Hauenstein, dub priestpioneerin Austria,»Brother Max« samples, and then: this bass.It is no coincidence that the two versions are called »Chill Max« und »Dub Max«. While the first number takes up the kind of psycho-sonic ambient with twisted audio hallucinations well established by Huber and creates sombre soundscapes à la Burial, the second number is – at least in my opinion – this year’s best Austrian contribution to dubstep. Here, dubstep is clearly defined by dub and transformed into a techno context. Shimmering mid-range sounds might come from Dexciya at their height, while repetitive beats grind into the audio body unremittingly.Viciouslava, grumbling and pulsating. Time and space coordinates are vaporised. Definitely amust-havefor every well-sorted music collection, andintegral partfor every DJ bag anyway!

HEINRICH DEISL, skug – Journal für Musik, Sept. 2009