Global Goon return with another fine addition to the ‘Painting With Acid’ series. This 8 track offering is a lengthier and more experimental beast, which combines Goon’s irresistible oddball-acid bops with some seriously smoked-out sonic soundscapes, making for a brilliant and bewitching listen. Painting With Acid Volume 3 is available to pre-order on limited edition cassette & download both as a standalone release and also as part of a tape bundle deal, for those who missed out on his previous two sold out cassettes.
Global Goon (aka Johnny Hawk) is a former shepherd & programmer from Liverpool. Having moved to London for a multimedia company in the 90s, he began producing music for fun and as a side hustle while rooming with Richard D James/Aphex Twin. Following some encouragement from the man himself, Hawk released his debut album ‘Goon’ on RDJ’s Rephlex imprint in 1996 with rumours that Global Goon was an alias of Aphex Twin’s, persisting even after the release of Cradle of History and Vatican Nitez. He later formed his own label J-Hok Records, before going on to release more hard-hitting acid tracks with dancefloors & club sound-systems in his sights under the Syntheme, alias for Planet Mu and WeMe Records. The Painting With Acid series on Acid Waxa continues in the same vein, while also delving into more experimental soundscapes and downtempo ambient numbers, reminiscent of Goon’s earlier tracks for Rephlex. Out now on Acid Waxa.
Purchase Cassette: Global Goon – Painting With Acid Vol 3
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