- It's been two years since Aquarian released his last record, a striking self-titled EP for UNO, so this two-tracker is cause to salivate—well, that and the two accompanying recipes (for braised pork shoulder and udon with bacon and kimchi). Bad Feeling / Insulin marks a new era for the New York producer, inaugurating his Hanger Management label.
"Bad Feeling" is Aquarian at his best: searing club melodrama, built from whip-crack breaks, ground-splitting bass and acrid techno adornments. It's made to tear a dance floor apart, and comes with extra fervour thanks to its rave horns and grim demeanour. "Insulin" is another weapon, the grotty bass kind. It sounds like a long-lost UK dub, with swampy Bristol atmospherics and London grime FX. But the drop takes things into an ominous headspace that's harder to pin down. Such subtle inversions are what make Aquarian records stand apart from the rest of the breakbeat techno bangers out there.
Tracklist01. Bad Feeling
02. Insulin