The most menacingly warped sounds I've heard come out of a 303 Squash Cops Its horrible - Laptop Destroyers Mum A poor little plastic TB-303 just got murdered. Chainsaw techno from the remote north of Australia. 303 is Laptop Destroyer in militant dancefloor mode, intent on disfiguring and reshaping technos most fabled instrument, the Roland TB-303. Armed with nothing but a Devilfish-modded 303, the EP is a mess of contradictions: Hectic yet beatless. Organic but crystalline. Razor sharp yet gloopy. Meditative but stressful. Its weird dance music for dark times. Laptop Destroyer is Kris Keogh, a multi-instrumentalist, producer and visual artist based in North-East Arnhem Land, intent on making the most beautiful noise possible. While Keoghs previous releases have included the dreamlike ambience of his Processed Harp Works, and walls of hushed feedback with his guitar band Red Plum & Snow, 303 sees him in Laptop Destroyer mode, aimed squarely at the dancefloor, intent on pushing the boundaries of what is and isnt techno. 303 is an EP of militant acid techno, without any drums on it. While that may seem odd (or even stupid!), Keogh has spent long enough honing his craft to know what hes doing. 15 years into a career that started with a series of fractured techno releases as Blastcorp, this release is something of a homecoming for him. Keogh said: Techno is such a great template to work within, its a set of rules just begging to be broken, twisted and deformed. I had a ball making these tracks, which were really hands on live sessions. It was great pulling such huge sounds out of a tiny little plastic box. When pushing the Devilfish to its extremes, I soon realised that there was no room left, and no need, for anything else in the mix. It was engulfing and intensely brutal, the most beautiful noise! Laptop Destroyers 303 EP is the third release on ZZAAPP Records, out on December 1, 2014 via Label Worx and Bandcamp. ZZAAPP deals in digital only, delivering beats, not wasting resources. Massive thanks go out to Mark Schultz for the loan of the 303 for these sessions and to Robin Whittle, who designed and carried out the Devilfish modifications. Respect!