Release: Marc Acardipane - One Love, Hardcore

The PCP label ended in the 90s, and people moved on.

After a while of very little output, Marc Acardipane was very active in the last years again, and brought us many great releases, such as the “...from the Gloom Chamber” album using his The Mover alias.
Yet, of course, his new music was very different from his early days at PCP. Which is a natural and logical thing; art evolves, and nostalgia is a double-edged sword.
But, being double-edged, there is also a positive momentum to nostalgia; just as not everything was good in the past, not everything was *bad* in the past either.
So there were a lot of people still longing for the Oldschool PCP sound and wondered if we ever get a release like this again.
And now, the big surprise, it's the end of 2022 and Marc drops this killer album out of nowhere!
Eight tracks in total with a variety of collaborations on many of them, such as The Ultimate MC or DJ Rob.

These tracks are in Marc's signature style again, like one would have expected from a PCP or ACA release.
So this is Marc's return, and let me tell you, he has not lost one thing! It's as if 25 years never happened and we are listening to bangers in the vein of Slaves to the Rave, Atmos-Fear, etc. again. A whole set of future classics!
So for anyone who was yearning for the original PCP Early Rave sound, here is something that will make you happy.

Powerful basses that will shock the audience (or your neighbors). Melancholic, emotional, moving sawtooh-fueled melodies that eclipse most of the stuff that is around these days. A variety of Oldschool sounds, clanks, choir-hits. And that crazy, get-your-feet-on-the-dancefloor type of MC-ing that only PCP seems to pull off so well.
There's even an Alien Christ type track included again!

Okay, and now here is the big thing:
I talked about nostalgia being a double-edged sword. How, while things were undoubtedly great in the past, one should not be *stuck* in the past, right?
And this album provides a solution to this paradox. It takes the old PCP sound, but moves it into the present, or rather, into the future.
Yes, it's Oldschool, tried and true, but at the same time it's fresh, new, modern. An evolution. Marc's style for the 21th century.

It's the best of both words. And this makes it one of the most outstanding releases of 2022 to me.

So, anyone who is even slightly into Hardcore, Techno, or PCP - go get this release!