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Kasket - Synthesis EP (Apollo Records)
Out October 13th 2014
Foraging for patterns beyond the identikit, Kasket's Apollo EP was born out of synthesised sketches and guest vocals from Danny Jaqq. These sample-based concoctions were traded back and forth between conduits and the short-form (5 track) result is big room, bubble textures in the synths, and nothing sounds emotively short-lived. With standout "We Heart London" emblematising witty spoken word tales encroaching "we all love London right?" while scatter-gunning various unfortunate circumstances (dancers ending up in strip clubs, eating processed meat, "soldiers ending up homeless") to project a different spin on the city-bigup Londoners do to their own city quite often, the trajectory is a light from afar, the drums maneuvering the work towards Kasket's Massive Attack influence, with the half-speed d&b rhythms jolting off dubstep like a thunderbolt.
What's most impressive is the chucking out of the ideological barometer of "acceptable" to tread further than what rap has done to trap, dubstep's much-publicised offshoot. Kasket revolves his shimmering drumwork to protrude as more than novelty. "I'm just here to bring the honesty", perhaps, as Danny Jaqq speaks on "Where's My Mind At", and that honesty of production is rewarding, with an insight into Jaqq's mind and Kasket's musical treasures of influence. "Wave Multiplier" ripples its synth to a torch carrier and then proceeds to walk its path with all the righteousness of a feminist Slut Walk (the most popularising feminist move since Suffragette-ism). These pieces are clean however, and yet feminine, unwrapping a soft centre and mouthwash-cleansed with masculine teeth, seemingly where Kasket has cut his own in London.
Kasket - Synthesis EP (Apollo Records)
Out October 13th 2014
Foraging for patterns beyond the identikit, Kasket's Apollo EP was born out of synthesised sketches and guest vocals from Danny Jaqq. These sample-based concoctions were traded back and forth between conduits and the short-form (5 track) result is big room, bubble textures in the synths, and nothing sounds emotively short-lived. With standout "We Heart London" emblematising witty spoken word tales encroaching "we all love London right?" while scatter-gunning various unfortunate circumstances (dancers ending up in strip clubs, eating processed meat, "soldiers ending up homeless") to project a different spin on the city-bigup Londoners do to their own city quite often, the trajectory is a light from afar, the drums maneuvering the work towards Kasket's Massive Attack influence, with the half-speed d&b rhythms jolting off dubstep like a thunderbolt.
What's most impressive is the chucking out of the ideological barometer of "acceptable" to tread further than what rap has done to trap, dubstep's much-publicised offshoot. Kasket revolves his shimmering drumwork to protrude as more than novelty. "I'm just here to bring the honesty", perhaps, as Danny Jaqq speaks on "Where's My Mind At", and that honesty of production is rewarding, with an insight into Jaqq's mind and Kasket's musical treasures of influence. "Wave Multiplier" ripples its synth to a torch carrier and then proceeds to walk its path with all the righteousness of a feminist Slut Walk (the most popularising feminist move since Suffragette-ism). These pieces are clean however, and yet feminine, unwrapping a soft centre and mouthwash-cleansed with masculine teeth, seemingly where Kasket has cut his own in London.