Agoraphobic Nosebleed / Delta 9 – ANbRX II (2011)

January 1, 2023

The first thing to notice about this second Rx remix offering from ANB is how insanely ferocious it is out of the gate. There was some harsh sounds on the first volume, but also a ton of moody offerings. Here, the entire ship is steered by none other than Delta 9, and only using (I believe) material from Altered States. So, taking both those things on board, it is hardly surprising that this thing rips your head off from the beginning and doesn’t let up until the end.

Your tolerance of this record though is surely going to be dictated by your love (or lack thereof) for speedcore and gabber techno. It’s hardly straight up Dutch rave shit like from the hay days, but Delta 9 brings that energy to the already warp-speed of ANB’s world, which makes for an interesting listen, but one that is almost guaranteed to give you a headache.

(Also, I’m sure this came out before 2011. At least, it was packed in with the Altered States repress before then, and maybe it came out on GK as a stand-alone in 2011.)