Mental Overdrive is Norway’s Per Martenson, famous since 1990 for his productions on Belgian superlabel R&S, Music Man, Discfunction, Smalltown Supersound, Virgin and his own Love OD Communications imprint out of Norway. Prins Thomas has long been a fan and snapped up the chance to release ‘Spooks’ and the tasty flipside track ‘Original Material’ in a flash. Here’s what IDJ Magazine had to say:Mental Overdrive (former techno boffin Per Martinsen) back and in fine fettle. ‘Spooks’ is an equally jolly six minutes of lolloping funk which sees a fat, rounded bassline trundling along the fjords while some of Bjørn Torske’s synth loops past overhead. ‘Original Material’ is highly enjoyable too, coming on like some long-lost Scandinavian cousin of ESG’s ‘Moody’.
For presss and reviews read on…
Review on Piccadillyrecords.co.uk:
‘Norwegian dance old-timer Per Martinsen gets back to basics with this echo and delay laden mutha on Full Pupp. A trio of sonic tricks make “Spooks” one helluva tune, using a bowel-moving bassline, cascading arpeggios and a rude influx of synewave disruption to cause maximum devastation. B-side “Original Material” might even be more useful, adopting a simple stance, building tension with dubby beats and then flipping powerful funk-driven loops like a pancake on Shrove Tuesday.’
Getting radio play from DJ Geoffroy (Mugwump) on fmbrussel.be and Contactfm.com (France)
C Rock: “big Mental Overdrive Fan, R&S forever ;) Spooks is maybe a bit too spooky but the flipside is wicked. Played both in Cologne last week.”
Giles Smith (DJ Mag): “Sure this will go down well with the Disco crew”
Lee Smith(IDJ Mag): “Power disco - I love it. Dig the shuffling filters of the B-side. ”
Richard Sen (Padded Cell, Bronx Dogs) ‘I bought the Mental Overdrive 12’ and have been playing ‘Original Material’ out, it’s devastating!’
For our Italian readers, check these reviews:
http://www.technodisco.it/2007/04/locodicetimewarp07/
http://www.disc-jockey.it/2/page.php?id=2027
Originally hailing from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Jon Dacey a.k.a. Dubious began playing in scuzzy lo-fi noise punk bands at age seventeen. An obsession with 4-track cassette recording spawning his initial productions. Now residing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dubious’ interests in crazed dance music fuel his DJ sets and productions alike. Playing everything from drums, guitar, bass and keys, his take on left field disco house production is distinctly his own. Dubious’s musical appetites bounce from wild cosmic rock to blazing acid house, he has few boundaries, yet he remains focused on the funk first and foremost.In addition to his debut on Bear Funk Gold he has also produced for Deep Freeze, Truffle, Loop: Recordings and on Prize (the label he founded). OUT NOW on Bear Funk Gold!
Getting mad props from…
Jesse Rose ‘Every release is solid’,
Geoffroy Mugwump ‘more sexy disco dubbyness from the bear…dont stop!”
Simon Faze Action ‘love it’
Arturo Capone,
Fabrizio Mammarella
