The two gentlemen Andrew Claristidge and Richard D’Alpert like to hide behind their music and, at least that’s how their debut album sounds like, behind giant walls of vintage synthesizers and drum machines. But with Giorgio Moroder and Steve Reich as the influences they name the most you know you can expect more than just a simple electro-pop album. Acid Washed either built up epic, electronic sound-scapes with an atmosphere fitting a dark 1980s gangster-movie or produce laid back and groovy dance tracks – yet in both cases they stay diverse and slack.

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