Original Badass is an outrightly genuine record by the German producer duo Elektroherde and the South- African musician Portable. After their trendsetting sophisticated vinyl debut Elektroherde (bigbait005), Annette Sihler and Peter Clamat take us back to the House-Floor. Original Badass starts with straightforward shuffling grooves over an intoxicating bassline. From this starting point Annette and Peter take the listener on a space flight passing by Berlin, Detroit and Paris. So does the Portable track. But Portable finally leaves the earth orbit and takes the listener to remote places – to places in outer space. At the end of the B-side the listener remains in poise in the middle of a pleasant tunnel of deepness. Nevertheless – be aware! Original Badass and its Portable Remix are still children of the dark side of the force…