Track list:

Disc 1
1. Acid Trax A
2. Acid Trax B
3. Acid Trax N
4. Acid Trax H
5. Acid Trax F
6. Acid Trax R
7. Acid Trax S (w/DJ Sprinkles)

Disc 2
1 Acid Trax P
2 Acid Trax O
3 Acid Trax D
4 Acid Trax L
5 Acid Trax E
6 Acid Trax N (All Alkalis are Bases but All Bases are not Alkalis) remix by DJ Sprinkles
7 Acid Trax B (Acid Dog) remix by DJ Sprinkles

 

Press text:
Will Long returns to Comatonse Recordings with Acid Trax, a double album of minimal trax conjuring the best of the early days of Chicago acid house. While there has been a resurgence in acid house from the UK and Europe over the past few years, it is almost always of the hyped up and overproduced techno-rave style. Long responds by turning the tempo down to classic house vibes, and bringing things back to basics with a simple setup of rhythm composer percussion and 303 bassline. Drawing upon his decades of minimalist ambient production as Celer, and his sparse take on house music that debuted here on Comatonse in 2016 with Long Trax (look out for Long Trax 4 coming soon on Will’s own label), the result is over two hours of queerly evolving trax that remind us of what the acid genre really had to offer.

DJ Sprinkles also drops in as a guest collaborator with percussion edits on “Acid Trax S,” and takes things further into deepness with remixes of “Acid Trax N” and “Acid Trax B.”

The project will initially be released as a double CD with poster, followed by a series of three vinyl EPs featuring select tracks. The CD full album will be available from comatonse.com and Boomkat. The vinyl singles will only be available through Boomkat.

Track list:

A1 Behind the Times
B1 Behind the Times (Bassline Mixx)

 

Press text:
A new exclusive duo of A/B sides pressed to vinyl, in a limited edition; “Behind the Times” is a forerunner of the upcoming full length “Long Trax 4”, to be released in 2025. Mastered by Stephan Mathieu.

Track list:

A1 Too Much
B1 Too Much (Francis Harris Reform)
B2 Too Much (DJ Aakmael Remix)

 

Press text:
Will Long is an American artist. He curates and manages the label Two Acorns, as well as producing music since 2005, in various forms under his own name for Terre Thaemiltz’s Comatonse Recordings, and as Celer for his own label and many others.

Here he joins the perfectly aligned Scissor and Thread label of Francis Harris and Anthony Collins for the Too Much EP.

“Too Much” is a deep cut from the same grooves as the Long Trax series,” says Will Long, “a further entry for the downtrodden, the overwhelmed, and those that think change has come. A midnight meditation of intentional simplicity, strained, and on that night train.”
The title track is lush, loose deep jam that combines wistful, warm pads with an insistent groove and choice samples.
Francis Harris steps up to provide one of his signature reforms, adding a little more percussion and drive to the track, while DJ Aakmael (Greg Stewart) offers up another version that takes the track somehow even deeper, adding some additional instrumentation and raw sounds.

Track list:
1 Here To Tell You
2 That Dream
3 Do That
4 Been Lucky
5 The Only Difference
6 Pay It No Mind

Release description:
Illustrations by Tsuji Aiko

Limited edition CD, self-released and independent. Comes in a reverse board, 6 panel package including all 6 drawings.

Track list:
1 You Should Recognize
2 That’s Enough!
3 We Have To Find Some Way
4 Going On
5 It’s Always the Same
6 Make It That Way

Release description:
Illustrations by Tsuji Aiko

Limited edition CD, self-released and independent. Comes in a reverse board, 6 panel package including all 6 drawings.

Track list:
1 It Can’t Be Done, It Can’t Be Done, It Can’t Be Done
2 Stand Up For Me
3 Make It
4 You Have To Understand
5 Better Realize
6 Whether Or Not

Release description:
“It Can’t Be Done, It Can’t Be Done, It Can’t Be Done”, “Stand Up For Me”, “Make It”, “You Have To Understand”, “Better Realize”, and “Whether Or Not” by Will Long, recorded in 2017-2019, published by W. Long

Stokely Carmichael illustration by Tsuji Aiko

Limited edition CD, self-released and independent. Comes in a reverse board, 6 panel package including all 6 drawings.

Tracklist:

1 Nothing’s Changed
2 You Know?
3 The Struggles, the Difficulties
4 No More
5 That’s the Way It Goes
6 We Tend To Forget

Release description:
“As much as is said of our current times being new lows, where things have changed for the worse and we’re unsure of the future, it’s worth returning to study the past to understand how steadily low we remain. “Nothing’s changed,” says a younger Barack Obama in a sample for the opening track. “Long Trax 2” is the second album from Will Long after his 2016 “Long Trax” debut on Comatonse Recordings. The album presents as an ongoing criticism of cultural stasis, conveyed via minimal synthesizers, sampler, and rhythm machine. Dancefloors are widely perceived by the masses as safe zones, but few can imagine how to apply notions of safety and equality to other aspects of society. We shouldn’t need clubs to hide from our fears and differences in the outside world. Looking ahead, we should look not so optimistically upon what we have accomplished, but with urgency and empathy upon what we haven’t.”

Tracklist:

1 That’s the Way It Goes
2 We Tend To Forget

 

Release description:
“As much as is said of our current times being new lows, where things have changed for the worse and we’re unsure of the future, it’s worth returning to study the past to understand how steadily low we remain. “Nothing’s changed,” says a younger Barack Obama in a sample for the opening track. “Long Trax 2” is the second album from Will Long after his 2016 “Long Trax” debut on Comatonse Recordings. The album presents as an ongoing criticism of cultural stasis, conveyed via minimal synthesizers, sampler, and rhythm machine. Dancefloors are widely perceived by the masses as safe zones, but few can imagine how to apply notions of safety and equality to other aspects of society. We shouldn’t need clubs to hide from our fears and differences in the outside world. Looking ahead, we should look not so optimistically upon what we have accomplished, but with urgency and empathy upon what we haven’t.”

Tracklist:

1 The Struggles, the Difficulties
2 No More

 
Release description:
“As much as is said of our current times being new lows, where things have changed for the worse and we’re unsure of the future, it’s worth returning to study the past to understand how steadily low we remain. “Nothing’s changed,” says a younger Barack Obama in a sample for the opening track. “Long Trax 2” is the second album from Will Long after his 2016 “Long Trax” debut on Comatonse Recordings. The album presents as an ongoing criticism of cultural stasis, conveyed via minimal synthesizers, sampler, and rhythm machine. Dancefloors are widely perceived by the masses as safe zones, but few can imagine how to apply notions of safety and equality to other aspects of society. We shouldn’t need clubs to hide from our fears and differences in the outside world. Looking ahead, we should look not so optimistically upon what we have accomplished, but with urgency and empathy upon what we haven’t.”

Tracklist:

1 Nothing’s Changed
2 You Know?

 
Release description:
“As much as is said of our current times being new lows, where things have changed for the worse and we’re unsure of the future, it’s worth returning to study the past to understand how steadily low we remain. “Nothing’s changed,” says a younger Barack Obama in a sample for the opening track. “Long Trax 2” is the second album from Will Long after his 2016 “Long Trax” debut on Comatonse Recordings. The album presents as an ongoing criticism of cultural stasis, conveyed via minimal synthesizers, sampler, and rhythm machine. Dancefloors are widely perceived by the masses as safe zones, but few can imagine how to apply notions of safety and equality to other aspects of society. We shouldn’t need clubs to hide from our fears and differences in the outside world. Looking ahead, we should look not so optimistically upon what we have accomplished, but with urgency and empathy upon what we haven’t.”