GEO RIP “TTT Mixtape” C63 (The Trilogy Tapes)

Yo gang, it’s true, Geo Rip is at it again, this time with TTT Mixtape, which, come to think of it, pretty accurately describes this thing right there in the title. Besides the TTT part, I mean. It’s the Mixtape that gets it going, the concept of a bunch of ideas coming together and running loud and long over both sides of a cassette. True to form and definition, TTT Mixtape compiles a couple previously released tracks (the boiling “Tuff Budget” and the garbage can funk of “Tryin’”) and pairs them with “extended versions/edits of mix material.” Basically, Geo Rip sifted through some tracks, reworking them to append here for extended enjoyment. “You’re welcome,” we can almost hear the trio of John Jones, Aaron Leitko, and Mike Petillo say through the turning spools.

Oh, this release is on The Trilogy Tapes, which is where the TTT comes from. Thought you should know.

Over an hour of runtime, Geo Rip wade hip deep through gurgling techno and mid-fi house, the gooey textures soaking their trousers like slime from those plastic slime eggs you got as a kid, but, like, a sprawling subterranean sewer space full of it. The slime is crisscrossed with clear cables through which you can see electricity pulsing like neon. If you feel so inclined to join Geo Rip in the middle of this purple, blue, and green scene (that’s just the colors I’m applying to it in my head – there are probably pinks and oranges and yellows and stuff in there too), you’ll find it impossible to keep still, like you’ve been hit with the wobbly jitters of an energy drink but without the horrible taste or massive headache. (I sure can’t drink those things.) You’ll just keep wriggling around in the mess while future synths point the way forward. Not a bad night out! Messy, but not bad.

https://www.thetrilogytapes.com/

https://u-udios.bandcamp.com/

--Ryan

GEO RIP “U-Udios Two” (U-Udios)

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.

https://u-udios.bandcamp.com/

--Ryan