Unit Moebius - Bunker & Life Mood 1-8 (1996) and Status (1996)

From The Hague, The Netherlands, please welcome the conglomerate Unit Moebius. They'll provide you with some brilliant minimalistic pounding fast-paced acid house. Bunker & Life Mood 1-8 is a live album, but you can't hear that this is the case. The first two tracks are "Bunker" tracks remixed by Starfish Pool, who of course is not unrelated to Starfish Enterprises, the experimental rock band I posted an album of a couple of months ago. Unit Moebius managed to build up a very strong reputation due to their appearances in their home-based squatters scene and with their do-it-yourself releases on obscure labels like Acid Planet, Referenc and their own label Bunker. They have also released successful albums on Germany's Disko B and Belgium's Kk Records. This release creates an image of what a Unit Moebius gig is like: non stop up-tempo grooves with constantly changing moods - from good old acid style to real experimental, minimal stuff.

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Then there's Status, Unit Moebius' Kk Records debut release which is significantly slower of pace, uses more harmonic and melodic devices, and even -at times- has a distinctively Detroit sound to it. If you're new to Unit Moebius, I guess Status is where best to begin, as the tracks have a wider range and therefore is probably more accessible. A few of the tracks also occur on their Life Mood album. Both are nowadays as good as impossible to get, so if you're somewhat open-minded towards house music, definitely give it a go!
N.B. Apparently they split up, too... Such a pity...

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posted by Paxjorge @ Wednesday, July 05, 2006