DJ Tron - "Chrome Padded Cell" CD 1999

Classic speedcore with a simplistic edge (Tron's homage to industrialized groove) while also maximizing aural depth. In the 90s, I was very well versed in Tron via his 12" EPs and prolific mixtapes...so when this CD just casually showed up one day at TOWER FUCKIN' RECORDS it was immediately snatched up (that still trips me out, Tron did pressings in punk numbers and held no allegiance...nor a bankable style...to mainstream distribution channels).

Though there's no information in the booklet beyond generic production credits, the CD is somewhat of a collection of comp/12" trax mixed with new material...all original compositions where he was a genre-definer in the 90s speedcore sound: "Just" fast, but not breakneck (yet), with protracted segues into mid-tempo and intentionally monotonous bass kicks that are inherently deep and infused even heavier with sickly distortions. Over and under laid in this robotic tank of doom are surgically edited horror samples of dialog, agonized and tortured female screaming, and fuckin' daaark electronic loops and other synthy buzzings. Everything's entombed in reverb as well. I love it. Tron will grind you down and...I can't lie...rape your soul. Rape. Your. S-O-U-L!