For U-Udios’s second release, the label didn’t
have to look much farther beyond their first release – by Protect-U – to find a
worthy successor. Indeed, Protect-U’s (and U-Udios’s) Aaron Leitko and Mike
Petillo join Dope Body/Nerftoss’s John Jones as Geo Rip, a sewer-surfing
threesome catching shit waves of mangled electronics and vertigo-inducing
rhythms. These disco scuzz rats will most undoubtedly get your rump shaking,
albeit right after dosing your beer with LSD.
It’s hard not to nod your head along to Geo
Rip’s “mulched samples,” as the whole thing was captured live as manipulated,
so everybody was in the same room getting into the same groove. Huffing the
same fumes. Getting heady at all times. “U-Udios Two” matches that carefree
headspace, that loose vibe where mental relaxation meets improvisational
gymnastics, resulting in a wriggling, slurping, slime-coated manifesto of
cartoon booty-moving. Each note and programmed hit feels like a fudge-smeared
dueling-glove slap to the face, and your only recourse is to swerve your
scooter into a ditch and emerge ready for a dance-off.
That’s the Geo Rip way.
But let’s be clear: fun is guaranteed, and a
good attitude is a prerequisite. You’re just going to be rolling around in the
slop for a while, the ooze, the nastiness – which is just how Geo Rip wants it.
You’re just joining them down there anyway.
--Ryan