There are times when writing reviews that I almost have to curse the artist who made the record, simply because the title they have chosen is the most apt description of the music. A case in point is Sidechain’s first release for Rednetic Recordings, which is entitled ‘Dubglitch’. Thanks to Southend’s Mark Soye, the man behind this mini-album, I don’t need to say too much more about describing his style.
Soye plays it fast and slow. The title track and final track are set to a trip-hop pace yet ‘Geiger Counter’ is more frenetic and ‘Insect’ cleverly incorporates drum and bass into the mix (although after a while I wished the intense rhythms would subside to leave something approaching a tune). No coincidence then that the pick of the bunch, ‘Violet Scratches’, balances the deepest of grooves with a cool synth melody. Overall, I found this record to be a good example of inventive and experimental electronic music and, yes, there’s a fair amount of “dub” and, indeed, “glitch” in there too. Yet despite the technical proficiency, what is lacking here is a human heart.
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