Benny Benassi meets Aphex Twin???

Source: Trash Menagerie


$$ Troopers is a song that Finland's Huoratron released late last year and to be honest I didn't know what to think when I first heard it. I mean it sounded kinda similar to a lot of the Ed Banger stuff that was flooding the blogosphere back then, but then it also didn't fit with a lot of what we were listening to at the time either. Throw it next to a track by Digitalism, Simian Mobile Disco or even Justice and everyone will wonder what's wrong with you.

However, for all its atypicality last year I have to say I'm really enjoying it this year. I'd probably describe at as slightly sparse techno with chiptune flourishes thrown in for good measure, but a more helpful description would probably be Benny Benassi meets Aphex Twin in a Love Is Gonna Save Us meets Come To Daddy kind of way.

Weird, I know, but you'll get what I mean when you see the video for Huoratron's $$ Troopers.



I don't know about you but I find the neck stretch at the 3:06 mark more than a little unnerving.