Some producers chase the big moment. Belfast’s Viper Patrol prefers to creep up on you. His sound sits in the murk between electro, dark disco and leftfield house, all brooding basslines, razor-sharp synths and atmosphere for days, the kind of slow-burning energy that rewards anyone patient enough to stay on the floor.
He’s built that reputation on labels heads actually trust: Sprechen, Nein, Tici Taci, Paisley Dark and more. And he’s busy. His ‘Tales of Acid Fellowship’ EP dropped on Sprechen earlier this month, with ‘En Em Me’ due on Nein at the end of June, plus remixes lined up across Paisley Dark, Sprechen, Nein, Red Ant and David Holmes’ new Dream Drama imprint. There’s a new monthly show too, also called Tales of Acid Fellowship, on Belfast’s Radio Starr, and gigs in Dublin, Leeds, Cork, Belfast and beyond before the year’s out.
We pulled him away from the studio for a moment. Here’s Viper Patrol’s Five on Friday.
Five on Friday with Phin
1980 Recordings just released Ready For Work by Alejo MartinLoving this remix from Photay, everything I like in a track is thrown in the pot here: old school breaks, a 303 acid line and tribal chants. The drops kinda remind me of old Dubsided gear, this one will stay with me for a while.
I grab most stuff Roman Flugel puts out and this new remix of pdqb is no exception. As usual he’s nailed it: a perfect balance of all the right sounds, a driving bassline with a slightly cosmic feeling lead. Always, always on point.
Dettmann’s Severed Heads edit was undoubtedly one of the best tracks of last year and this new EP is in the same vein. Phase Sequence is the one for me, keeping on that synth wave tip with a hefty nod to the 80s but also keeping that bottom-end bass groove focused on the dance floor—great tackle.
Belfast’s Mystic Arts new EP is actually a re-release of two hefty cuts from Gary Irwin aka The Vendetta Suite. Both tracks originally came out in the 90s and are definitely something you could hear on Weatherall’s Blood Sugar mix archive. Synthetic Science – Diary Of A Microchip is my pick here: drum machines collide with bleeps, lasers, and well-placed organ keys all delayed and dubbed out to perfection. Shout out to Mystic Arts label boss Chris Frieze for giving these tracks a new lease of life.
Heavy remix here from James Rod on Golden Sould records, shuffled breaks, haunting vocals and James as usual delivering some great synth action through out, again i’ll be playing this one for some time
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