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Dual Action - Babe Beer Bar Car (Hospital Productions, r. 2018)

Cool record compiling cuts from 4 tapes Dual Action aka Matthew Folden released on Hospital Productions from 2014 to 2016 under the four names that make up the title here. I'd never given Dual Action a listen before (and had no idea he was featured on a few recent Prurient releases) but these are pretty cool trax. Kind of in line with Prurient's Vatican Shadow project, a little more techno/electro-y and featuring actual beats but still drenching in a sinister vibe, analogue-heavy, dirty ambience. Good stuff.

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