Wedding Acid Group – Newpestian Adventures Remixes

Published July, 2014
by Easterndaze

There is a thing with remixes, an almost philosophical question. Shall they eclipse the originals, shall they pay homage to them, or rather totally arbitrarily, like the ol’ Aphex Twin used to do, throw in a random track.

Wedding Acid Group is a trio from Budapest, headed by the underrated, under-the-radar Lóri Keresztes, whose looks and production skills have earned him the moniker “The Hungarian Richard D. James”. The other two members are András Leidal and Zoli Balla, the tireless vintage synth collector whose studio – affectionately dubbed the Ballacid studio – has become the haven for local analogue fiends tweaking their 303s and 909s. As its name suggests, Wedding Acid Group (or WAG – no wives and girlfriends here though), worships the acid mantra, the characteristic sound of the 303 its mind-bending, brain tweaking and twisting properties.

The earnest positivity of the nineties IDM scene is mirrored in the band’s output. No darkness, so de rigueur in the last couple of years in electronic productions, here. Melancholy yes, but no gloom. The remixes, are a different matter. There is the ominous Drone Travolta – very aptly entitled Death Sun 666 rework, the quirky Morkebla edit, or reliably offbeat S Olbricht recontextualisation. The authors themselves have contributed also: J Mono’s sun-kissed acid-drenched number is none other but Lóri from WAG, there’s also a sample-laden beat-driven remix by Saint Leidal the 2nd.