Subvert Central Digital Soundclash vol. 2
SC:Digital proudly presents our very first four track digital EP release! As part of our ongoing commitment to bringing you fresh sounds from unheard voices in electronic music, and presenting them in the best way possible we are pleased to announce that each of these tunes has been specially mastered for MP3 by none other than MACC (Outsider, Subtle Audio), so those (few!) of you who still persist in your beliefs that no free net label could possibly offer tunes that are on a par with anything else out there with no cost to the consumer are going to be tucking in to nice warm slices of humble pie in 5... 4... 3... 2...
Anonymi – Dance of the Yakasaru – Clocking in at a somewhat lower bpm than the rest of this release, Dance of the Yakasaru proves that there’s plenty of room to sound fresh at a tempo that, to many of us, is inextricably linked with our raving past. Despite its relative brevity the four minutes on offer here manage to blend strings, pan-pipes, woodwinds and what sounds like the distant hum of an accordion with choppy percussion and a bubbling bassline into an intoxicating little roller of a tune.
DB-1 – Plastic Clouds: Kicking off the proceedings, DB-1 delivers a deep warm and meditative slice of electronic melancholia, with spacious echoes of Detroit-inspired chords alternating with huge washes of euphoric pads and a plucky synthesised bass, all anchored to a simple minimal break and some plangent melodic touches. Fans of some of the slower Subtle Audio material would be well advised to give this a listen.
Fada - We Become Shattered (Parallel remix) starts off with an unsettling vocal sample, which gives way to a deceptively straightforward groove that tatters and frays before the drop heralds its return, complete with effortlessly funky edits, plaintive melodies and a stripped down and funky feel, crucially never making the mistake of sacrificing groove for over-complexity. Worth checking if you're a fan of some of the minimal cuts on Esoteric.
SC9 & Creep – Materia starts off in the manner it means to continue, spooky strings, echoes and some marvellously focused percussive effects add up to a slice of classic sub bass heavy filtered drumfunk action. The marvellously detailed percussion manages to evoke memories of mid nineties Reinforced choppage without ever sounding like a hackneyed tribute to a sound of yesteryear, testament both to the confidence of these two producers (of whom we have absolutely no doubt but that you will be hearing of again) as well as to the evergreen vitality of the classic sound that inspires them.
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