Escape From The Mental Zoo 12”

Ooh bit of a coup here from the Vivod label who has coaxed some rare produce out of Luke ‘Eargoggle’ Pettersson’s Monkeyshop project with fellow Swede Ronnie Johansson. The project dates back to 2002 when Creme issued the White Loafers Boulevard EP and Johansson and Pettersson have revisited it on an intermittent basis ever since.

Those partial to slabs of arpeggio heavy power Italo will be all over the glorious title track “Escape From The Mental Zoo” whilst “Monkey Barouque” veers off into a delightful pocket of euphoria filled electro. The dark undercurrent that seems to run through every Vivod release is present in the remix of “Escape From The Mental Zoo” from James Francis who reimagines the track as six minutes of widescreen and weightless electronics.