Mutant Beat Dance will release a self-titled album via Rush Hour in spring.
The 25-track, 200-minute album has been in the works since 2015 and will be released by the Dutch label as a "record album booklet" with six records of varying formats —namely a 12-inch, 10-inch and 7-inch. The group's founding members, Traxx and Beau Wanzer, brought Steve Summers into the fold for the band's debut LP. Rush Hour says the record includes "funky grooves, industrial soundscapes, nu age dancehouze, prototype disco dub, Detroit dirge, cryptic ankle bitter anthems and even a punk cover collaborating with members of LCD Soundsystem."
Traxx, real name Melvin Oliphant, recently provided DJ support for LCD on a North American tour. Wanzer has been prolific in recent years, releasing a steady stream of albums and singles. Letkiewicz, who has recently joined Wanzer and Oliphant as a Chicago resident, released three Steve Summers 12-inches last year. Mutant Beat Dance's new album follows EPs for Discos Capablanca, Rong Music, L.I.E.S. and Rush Hour.
Listen to clips from Mutant Beat Dance.
Tracklist
01. Creep In The Crowd
02. Hate Has No Home
03. Curtail Corporation
04. Transmitter/Transistor
05. From Another Source
06. Funk Groove (Skit)
07. Revival 80s
08. On A Different Note
09. Midi
10. Crete feat. Marianna
11. Toy Story
12. Last Illusion
13. Synthesized Antics Of Evolution
14. Checklist
15. Piano Monologue (Skit)
16. Feed The Enemy
17. Scandalous Vanity
18. Geometrical Disease feat. Black Meteoric Star
19. Uncanny Ignorance
20. The Fear of Future and Euphoria
21. The Human Factor feat. Naughty Wood
22. Affliction
23. No Ambition
24. Lost Stars
25. Hero
Rush Hour will release Mutant Beat Dance
in spring 2018.