The Comedy of Errors: Hyper-U - Demonic S-Cape (8 May 1992)

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This techno-gospel fusion track should have been on this blog a lot sooner than now.  It was in the frame for inclusion with choices from Peel’s show on 10/4/92, but lost out due to similarities with In the Name of the One by Prudens Futuri which was broadcast on the same show.  I listened to a lot of Dutch techno before writing about In the Name of the One, mainly because the creatives behind it had their irons in a number of other creative fires, so maybe it was fatigue with the form that saw the trio, Hyper-U miss out back then.  But you can’t keep a good tune down and they popped up again on 8/5/92.

In contrast to In the Name of the One and other ecstatic grace dance tunes that Peel was playing at this time such as No Fortuna! by Traumatic Stress, Demonic S-Cape is a more minimal piece of techno, built around a murky synth part, phased wails and religious exhortations more suited to a Bible class than a cathedral.  It’s techno for quiet reflection with your deity rather than mass hysteria towards it.

Video courtesy of Engeltjeuit1970