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PRANKS! Vol. 15ALERT! Your health bar is dangerously low! You visit the doctor for treatment and the diagnosis is in: you’ve been suffering from Extreme Lack of Dance!!
Don’t worry! This isn’t the end, my friend—PRANKS! has a comprehensive treatment plan in store for you on Friday, March 8th:
**DJ Healthy** comes in doses of 10mg and is formulated in Tokyo, then packaged and distributed in New York City. Inject directly into your veins for heady bass, fluctuant rhythms, and holistic pacing. This treatment plan provides mindfulness and requires your reciprocation!! Side effects may include walls shaking and vision blurring. Consult with your friends and family if you find an unshakable feeling of bliss and understanding.
**stud1nt** is a common diagnosis that affects millions every year. Symptoms include expanding consciousness and receptiveness to the unfamiliar. Treatments include otherworldly sounds, intricate intersplicing, and ultimately life-altering bass. Though the effects remain for a lifetime, patients have reported only a permanent new joy that amends a portion of their hearts.
**Lovening Agent** is an inflammation of the heart. Common symptoms include swelling with emotion and an elevated heart rate. Recommended treatment is embracing the moment before you, comprised of bouncy basslines and winking hooks.
**Izella** is a physical fitness plan that provides cardiological benefits and strengthens the core. Consisting of unpredictable rhythms and mesmeric melodies, results include releasing pent-up sweat and dancing with purpose.
**sysk** is a medicinal herb naturally occurring in underground areas. Properties include pain relief, psychedelic visions, and an impulse to react to sounds. It is easily spotted in the wild—look out for British basslines and winding resonance.
Tell your doctor that PRANKS! is right for you!
MALT
ScannerLos Angeles’s prince of acid electro, MALT, is back with a new 3-track EP set in the dark streets of a sci-fi noir, just in time for Halloween ruminations.
The title track “Scanner” is propulsive in its beat but walks steady, soundtracking the rush of a private eye keeping his head down and collecting pieces of his puzzle. Bright synth stabs puncture like new discoveries, before the Scanner comes around to knock our hero down a peg… a crunchy modulation rings out as a warning.
Force Placement, a hometown hero in L.A., anchors his remix around that cautionary siren, slowing it down and zooming in on the track’s shadowy realms. Chugging past clanging chains and clandestine voices, we’re the ones scanning now, searching for something we’re not sure of—before a harrowing discovery comes barreling towards us and the signal is lost in the noise.
B-side “Get Checked” is a more contemplative episode but no less energetic. That signature electro bounce remains under ominous pads that cloud around you, a haze that shrouds the voice you’re chasing. Does it have the answer you’re expecting? Or is it a figment of your imagination, wading in the waters of your introspection? Might be time to check yourself… you know, before you might wreck yourself.
MALT
SPEEDLet’s get to the point: SPEED, the latest release from MALT, is built to rattle the dance floor. Its foundation is a bass synth going for a jog, taking cheeky steps but on a determined pace. The drums are programmed to propel and leave no dead air. Don’t mistake it for a straightforward DJ tool, though: the track kicks off with a simple “woo!” and takes its time opening up into a frenetic sci-fi heist. Teases of breaks and glassy arpeggios come to a head and flip the picture, throwing you curveballs and keeping you on your toes. Like the best blockbusters, it’s an action sequence that finds time to be lush and methodical. Yes, at its core, it’s a track designed to get you there. It’s also a track that doesn’t have all day—it needs you to hurry up and fucking dance.
For the steadier heads, the DubMax Version provides the bounce with a more gradual measure. A twisted vocal echoes throughout, almost a chuckle resonating past the chugging and shrugging. It’s a romp. Adam O also boards on with a remix, fixing to take you deeper into the bogs. Knocking garage kicks grab you by the limbs; grimy bass synths pull you into the proceedings. If the original was a race against time, this one’s a test against space, tossing you around within itsbounds.
The cherry on top: MALT’s remix of an unreleased Adam O track, “What’s the Password”, an expeditious thriller. Evoking late 20th century paranoia, it moves at a breakneck speed to take you through fiber optics and dial-up lines, through command windows and terminals, to get you back to basics. Wipe the sweat off your brows.
After a period of quiet focus, MALT—a secret weapon and enduring mainstay of Los Angeles—briskly returns with a laser-precise EP that’ll steam up dance floors everywhere. Refill your fog machines and pick up the pace; this one’ll get things going.
PRANKS!
PRANKS! x CanaryHappy new year PRANKSTER! Your diagnosis is in: you’ve suffered from a sore lack of PRANKS!
Your new year’s resolution? Attend the next PRANKS! on SAT 1/14!! This time it’s for the early birds, in cahoots with CANARY TEST from 8pm-2am. The lineup will TEST your SENSES:
KUMO 99 enters the arena!! With pulsing basslines, thrashing breaks, and messages from a resigned past and refractory future, they’ll come in swinging with a live set that BODIES you into the next zip code! Where there’s a will, there’s a way…
WEAK WEED huffs and puffs your way to bring you a crucial message: time to start STEPPIN’ or pay the price. Their signature CALL and RESPONSE will beckon you into the dance, til you’re lost in the weeds…
CPU-1 + BLOODLUST power on to bring you the JUICE! Their hardware could hardly wear you down—once you get a taste of those acid lines against a beat INCARNATE, your little raver heart will only rage on!!
MIÑIN pummels his way into the proceedings! Like flame to the fire, heads know his FEROCIOUS tracks can set a party’s beginning and middle, but leave you wanting it NEVERENDING!! You’ll be begging for more…
And BBENNETT bursts onto the scene and will BREAK you into a sweat!! A true dancer knows what gets others grooving, and they’ll have you following every step, beat, and repeat!
NEW EAR NEW PRANKS!
PRANKS!
Return of the Living PRANKS!The crescent moon waxes as the scariest event of the year approaches… the RETURN OF THE LIVING PRANKS!!! A horrorshow awaits you…
WHEEZ-IE poofs into the proceedings to spin the sickest, most shocking records known to mere mortals. Waxing but never waning, the turntable maestro will throw you for a loop and leave you stuck in the groove… for LIFE!
FORCE PLACEMENT will command the corridor beforehand with formidable techno and a torrent of acid. Will you be able to overcome the occasion? Or will you SUCCUMB to the pressure?
1MORNING shrouds the scenery, hardgrooving and hypnotizing the masses to territory unknown. With the darkness consuming, you may doubt the sun will shine THIS morning…
But SPACE MASTER impels the inevitable, entrancing all who remain into new worlds. Her siren calls will clear the path to escape—but it is up to YOU to find the light!
And WEAK WEED will charge up the trials, setting the stage with thrills that’ll make you see DOUBLE!
Take a GAMBLE on the vending machine if you dare… free tricks and treats await you!
Sustain yourself with TEMPTING foods by NOON!
And armor yourself with STRIKING clothing from TSÏ COLLECTIONS!
The chilling rituals start at 10PM and goes early into the next day… find your tickets on RA to avoid tribulations!
See you on the other side… else you may regret it in time!