31 July 2019

Keepsakes - Clobber

This is kind of track I love finding! Noisy and industrial yet danceable, Auckland's Keepsakes blends a distorted arpeggiated synth with clanking percussion on Clobber which is released as part of an anthology album on Pls.UK.

Note the unconventional structure; after the breakdown washes out, say goodbye to that main synth because you aren't gonna hear it again!

Keepsakes - Clobber is out now on Pls.UK [BUY]

ecnereveS (read it backwards) is a cut of minimal techno taken from the album Define Reflection Of An Echo on Montreal's D.M.T records. There is a great interview with the C.S.P.N where he talks about the idea of working with slower BPMs:

...you can feel the low beat as a fight against this furious speed of life we are living with no time for the message on music right now.

The whole album is a rewarding listen but ecnereveS stood out to me as being a little more dancefloor-focused with its driving bass, organic synth stabs and subtle layered percussion.

C.S.P.N. - ecnereveS is out now on D.M.T records [BUY]

Robotstyle Records boss Zaidokhi drops their third release and the B-side Reef Madness is a winner for me. The slow attack on the bass synth really makes the track groove. Zaidokhi is known for sampling sounds from mundane objects and twisting them into unrecognizable artifacts (see Lock Conditioner that uses keys and an air conditioner) and half the fun is guessing what the original sound source might be. That constant alarm-like drone in the background? My guess: a pitched down wind chime.

Zaidokhi Reef Madness is out now on Robotstyle Records [BUY]