ZODIAC 44 is our bastard step-child vinyl only label, no promo, no hype, no fuss. 12 releases will hit the shelves and then we will kill it dead.
ZAQUA - DUNGEON ACID - DUNGEON JAMS EP w/RIVET + FETT BURGER REMIXES
Direct out of deepest Neukolln emerges Z O D I A C 4 4. Rusty, broken and cantankerous we spill forth our first ever release with Dungeon Acid at the helm. Dungeon Jams sees the Swedish producer summon madness from the depths of his mind and unleashes it on the world via his Computerriddimdrummachiner and the Analoguewavecombosignalizer. Aboard the pirate ship are fellow Viking RIVET (Skudge/Kontra) and Nordic saint DJ FETT BURGER (Sex Tags Mania/Sex Tags UFO) both bringing their own inimitable and unparalleled sonic grooves to the battleground. ZAQUA is the first of 12 releases. One for each sign of the stars and then Z O D I A C 4 4 is forever dead and gone. Forever.
DANIEL ANDREASSON - CONTROL EP w/JOHN HECKLE REMIX
Returning to the party like an unwanted family member, drunk, staggering and harbouring broken toys of acid and drum, Z O D I A C 4 4 lurches forward with it’s second release of the 12 release run. ZPISC contains more of the acid goodness, all wrapped up in black vinyl for your private pleasure. Daniel Andreasson (Tabernacle, Autodidakt) fires up the 303 and lays down three tracks, all of which differing but still linked by the wiggle. Dockman John Heckle (Creme, Mathematics) does his meanest impersonation, locking the original up in a room of reverb and demonic voices.
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HERMANS - WARP SHANK EP w/BASIC SOUL REMIX
For a brief moment Hermans are cut free from their shackles and venture out from the black dungeon, dragging xylophones made from Kraken bones and drums fashioned out of reptile skins the duo summon a battle chant from deep within. Scores of allies join, endlessly banging the same rhythm relentlessly until the clouds draw and the red sun is no longer visible. A Basic Soul Unit appears from the murkiness and descends upon the racket, bringing with him booming thunder and electric lightning, a dark army marching alongside him. The massive beat continues for days, shaking all those that hear it. Slowy and steadily, the din subsides, the clouds part and the sun returns as Hermans retreat back to the darkness to wait patiently until they are called upon again.
