HTR05 - Acid As Your Mindset

Acid As Your Mindset is the most explicitly acid-focused release in the first six Hashtek23 catalogue numbers. KS23 opens with Acid Mindset, a rolling acid-tekno track built around a strong 303-driven groove. Wonka follows with Be You, adding a deeper and more progressive atmosphere that balances the A-side with melodic space. The B-side shifts back into heavier territory as Discoutsider's Veenschemond delivers darker industrial movement and stripped-down functionality, before Kaoslog closes with Acid Formant, the release's most intense acid track. Its metallic edge and driving energy provide a powerful finale.

HTR05 succeeds because acid is more than an added element—it defines the record while still allowing room for deeper and darker variations. The result is a versatile EP that works across different moments in a DJ set and firmly establishes Hashtek23's acid identity without losing its broader underground tekno character.

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