AUX records gave me the opportunity to remix a track from their back cat and, on johnny's recomendation, the only option was this tune from neurodriver.

i have been a fan of everything neurodriver has done for a long time now (since the far too loud days) and i appreciate what Dom has given us in creating an outlet for the "psy" breaks vibe that we are all so passionate about.

soooooo, on that tip. i wanted to make a tune that was a little left of centre, out of respect from dom,  and link in to that detailed tech vibe that neurodriver does so well.... this is what came out. its my first finished minimal tune and i learnt a lot working on this one so i hope it works! 

 big ups AUX and big ups Neurodriver and most importantly... big ups MUSIC :D

Neurodriver - The Depths (ap3x remix)

Love the hard stuff. Trance Techno Psychodelic. All sorts of random shit as long as it sounds good

AP3X is a name that has become synonymous with dark, driving, breaks in the Auckland dance scene. 

Arriving on the Auckland club scene in 2002 with the conception of “Revolt”, co-promoted with the infamous Andy Bukshot, playing progressive house and techno. The eventual discovery of breaks around 2003 set the course for the future. 

After gigs all around the North Island, guest dj mixes on NZ national music TV channel ‘Juice’ as well as the two major Auckland Dance radio stations, co-hosting the ‘Audio Damage’ show on UPFM and holding things down for one of NZ’s longest running breaks nights “Infectious” with co-promoters and dj’s $ure$hot and Joe Revell, the natural progression was to move onto production. 

With releases on Ridiculoud Records(U.S), V.I.M Records(Greece), breaksoll 2011 'Best New Label' Diablo Loco Records(Greece) and In Bloom Recordings (U.K), the controls are firmly set to making tough, driving, prog tipped psy breaks, watch this space... 


email: contact@ap3x.co.nz

The castle of Alamut in Persia was the place where Hasan-i Sabbâh, the old man from the moutain, proclaimed the event of the resurection in 1164. From now on the only law of conduct was to live outside the law. Thou what thou wilt, as Crowley would say, many centuries later. Outside of the Sharia, the mystical revolutionaries of Alamut turned  life itself into an act of worship , the constant unfolding of a  cosmic renegate poetry. If they all died of brutal death, the insurection of Alamut survived as an hidden password through the ages . The fortress is the secret mystical center of dangerous grooves and forbidden love echoing through centuries. The imaginal flag of a transnational chivalric order made of queers , madmen and witches. 

The sound produced by Alamüt  follows the snake line of  lysergic harmonies, from quawalli singers to amazonian shamans, atabaque played in brazilian favelas to call Exu-Elegua, the path opener. The coldness of western techno mixed with  exotica percussions sampled from ceremonies of the future. The  hedonist pornography of reggaethon and baile funk ,made up genres like jajouka disco and yezidi hardcore.   All of that echoing back from the time when time stopped, when the needle of the turntable dropped into space. Alamut, 8th of August of the year 1164 of the christian calandar. The end of time, the beginning of groove

contact: mehdi.richard232@gmail.com