Now that the excellent first edition of Munted! Monthly! has been and gone, I’ve finally had time to check Alek Szahala’s recent HBC set. As expected, it’s top quality, and the new material is a wonderful return to the darker side of Alek’s production.
Enuma Elish is a fantastic track, with a repetitive-yet-addictive main riff and an aggressive feel that really recalls classics like Maruuk, while it’s also great finally hear both Macuahuitl and the beautiful Dawnstar in a set. By all accounts Alek devastated the Krafty chatroom, and it bodes very well indeed for his set next March.
01. Alek Szahala – Macuahuitl
02. Alek Szahala – Ziggurat
03. Alek Szahala – Astraia
04. Alek Szahala – Sunray
05. Alek Szahala – Dryad Machine
04. Alek Szahala – Deimos
06. Alek Szahala – Voices of Babylon
07. Alek Szahala – Enuma Elish
08. Alek Szahala – Maruuk
09. Alek Szahala – Iron Squid
10. Alek Szahala – Dawnstar (2008 Remastered)
11. Mark Seibert – Erana’s Peace (Alek Szahala Remake)
Excellent Aleksi set! and as always great music!
That first track is so awesome it hurts. I can’t wait for it to come out. (Alek said he’s still working on it a bit.)
is there anyway to download this still ?
Not that I know of, hjn, but if I (or someone else) can find the file then I can surely put it back online. I’ll keep you posted.
here it is – https://www.dropbox.com/s/5bdg9kh0vdxyzk9/Alek_Szahala_-_Hard_Beats_Collective_Show_Week_023.mp3?dl=0
much thanks ! (::