for me it evokes that sensation exactly midway between a bliss-shiver and a dread-shudder
the original cold-rush track would probably be 'mentasm' and/or human resource 'dominator' or other belgian stuff like incubus 'the spirit'
(although there's always been a cold feel in techno and some of the bleep stuff too, like '7-Am' by unique 3)
and mover would perhaps locate it as far back in that Suburban Knight track 'art of stalking' which is late eighties i think
yeah, bliss turning a bit dark
also has a kind of becoming-inhuman quality
and a vaguely militaristic feeling -- ravers as soldiers on a journey to the end of the night
invocation of the Will or something
plus always got the impression this is where people end up if they take too much E for too long -- the buzz without the huggy, empathetic, loved-up element
just this sort of fixated aggressive euphoria w/ no object state
there was lots of cold rush vibe at that Mover-no-show event in Southwark, both in the music, and in the punters -- one slaphead type stripped to the waist, all veiny and tattooed, fucking the speakers --- it was like the renegade legion regrouping, quite inspiring to think there are still loads of people into something so punitive