Posts Tagged ‘ DeepBlak ’
Aybee’s DeepBlak compiles 3 tracks from Damon Bell’s Kush Musik series for vinyl release. The music is as much a kaleidescopic diaspora of organic influences as the label art. At times evoking dub reggae, downtempo, Detroit house, but at each moment seeming to move fluidly between these points rather than trying to completely blend them [ READ MORE ]
This is an exuberant, imaginative collection from Aybee‘s DeepBlak, a label recently revitalized as a vinyl imprint. Culled from a full-length digital album of the same name, the key to Means and Ways is its syncopation: the drum programming is frequently shifting between modes, switching back and forth from one motif into another. The music [ READ MORE ]
Prolific underground auteur Aybee has a very strong vision for this release on the bountiful US-based Further imprint. Everything is heavily syncopated, it completely avoids any genre-tropes while sounding spontaneous and natural. The title track has the aggressive, crystal-clear minimalism of Raster-Noton, it’s a funky square beat with a vicious swing emphasis that is aimed directly [ READ MORE ]