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It’s been a whilst since General Midi (aka Paul Crossman) released his debut album Midi-Style on Distinct’ive Records (they of Y4K → The 20th) but he’s yet another of Bristol’s leading lights and this new single shows that he’s lost none of his love of old skool electro breaks and a little bit more.

He may have four million ways but ‘Four Million Ways’ is just in ya face punk-break electro beat; with Foreign Beggars’ Orifice Vulgatron in the ‘Tricky’ role; “get your feet of the ground instructions” are matched by killer warp factor synth-guitar thrash.

This is an intimidating track to be asked to remix and to his credit, Dee Zed’s remix is not that far from Midi’s own but the one that will get crossover action is Ginz’s Purple Interpretation. Influenced by his ‘Purple City’ and ‘RE-UP’ collaborations with Joker, dubstep goes dirty electro-punk Ginz is known a 30Hz, Emptyset (as in October’s Caravan Recordings), P. Duffy, half of The Body Snatchers and James Ginzburg, he moved to Bristol from Washington DC over 10 years ago and launched Vertical Sound Recordings and founded dubstep label Tectonic (don’t forget Plates Vol. 2 launch party at the Arches next Friday).

The General Midi mix is so loud it puts the album version in the relative shade but wih the new album Operation Overdrive is coming out soon, everyone fully expects another CD crammed with tracks as good as his last as it’s taken the best part of four years for this perfectionist to fine tune.

As a DJ, he’s been all over the world and this is another stonkin’ release that he can add to his box of 12” ammunition.

Forthcoming Gigs:
29th May - ‘Operation Overdrive’ Official Album Launch Party with Supatronix at Herbal, London
30th May - Beatz and Bobz vs. Simian Sounds at the Isobar, St Ives
3rd June - Selectro at Club Expirat, Bucharest, Romania
5th June - Overload at Midi Club - Cluj-Napoca, Romania
6th June - ‘Operation Overdrive’ Manchester Album Launch Party - Fubar at the Attic, Manchester
12th June - ‘Operation Overdrive’ Bristol Album Launch Party with
Fracture Clinic at Timbuk2, Bristol
25th June - Annie Nightingale’s Dance Village Opening Party from
Glastonbury Festival on Radio 1
3rd July - Infectious Breaks - Drift Bar, Portsmouth

Reviewed: General Midi feat. Orifice Vulgatron - Four Million Ways (Distinct’ive Records) DISN185 Release date: 1st June 2009 (download) 8th June 12”
Tracklisting:
1 Four Million Ways (General Midi Mix) (5:46)
2 Four Million Ways (Dee Zed’s Summer Of Rage Mix) (5:36)
3 Four Million Ways (Ginz’s Purple Interpretation Mix) (4:47)
4 Four Million Ways (Album Version) (3:20)

Links:
www.myspace.com/generalmidi
www.myspace.com/30hzverticalsound
www.myspace.com/30hzverticalsound
www.distinctiverecords.com