Grand Theft Audio vinyl

Yoyaku's sublabel YoY presents a short double LP from Thoma Bulwer and Claus Voigtmann, blending every line between deep house, electro, breaks, and house. Not relying on theme or context to compel the listener, rather pure phonic phatics, a title like Grand Theft Auto might be the only clue as to the album's associative grounding: the likes of 'Liberated' and 'Just Do It' promise a driven, transgressive enjoyment - in which we might actually be able to jack a car as we would jack a groove, and guiltlessly enjoy the excesses of such a musico-criminal spree - a promise made just as clearly in the video game series and franchise of the same name. Soundtracking this voracious ride is a tricky, brukky, bass-driven and intriguingly textured record, one that wrests us, for better or worse, from the need to obey.