- Yung Acid are a young Russian duo on the rise. Besides running their own label, Get Busy!, and organising parties between their hometowns of Kazan and Moscow, they've featured on a number of cassette compilations, including U S S R (Ur Social Status Resistance), a compilation of Russian and Ukrainian experimental dance music curated by Opal Tapes. Their sound is a cantankerous yet infectious mix of techno, acid and grime that Drvg Cvltvre debuted on his New York Haunted label in 2016. Now they’re back with an album’s worth of mutant bangers.
Some tracks—"RA-8PM," "Isrl"—sound like Hessle Audio meets Broken English Club on a dark and stormy night, while others tinker with electro, dubstep and breaks. In each case there's an unexpected mashup going on, and the results are both freakish and tremendous. Take "So Fresh," which manages to turn a cacophony of dogs and car alarms—or so it seems—into a dark, gyrating number that would set the right floor alight. Thug Mansions is a rip-roaring first opus from a club act destined for big things.
Tracklist01. Gash
02. Isrl
03. Yungkilla
04. Fall
05. Like To Funk
06. Polyfile
07. So Fresh
08. Akkard feat. Viner
09. RA-8PM
10. Yung Acid - Deadbit