Gherkin Jerks is another Larry Heard alias, for his rough techno sounding tracks he released in 1988 and 1990 as two EPs, and a compilation CD with unreleased tracks which came out 2013. Some have commented these tracks to be the missing link between house and techno, which eventually came to known as tech house, a genre mixing the elements of both styles. The sound and production is very clean and minimal, and the roughness in the sound does not come in the production quality - as is the case with some techno nowadays with it's purposely tape hiss, distortion, overdriven and messy sounds. No, the roughness comes from the chaotic arrangement of the music itself. But at the same time, the tracks sound also very rigid sometimes, showing that they are not entirely improvisational and there has been some careful programming in the production. And that's why Larry Heard's music is great and he is one of the best producers ever in the modern electronic dance music history.
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