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Holy Other - Held
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Genre... Electronic ▀ ▄
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..#. ..Trackname. ..Length.
01 (W)here 03:49
02 Tense Past 03:52
03 Inpouring 02:48
04 Love Some1 04:28
05 U Now 04:01
06 In Difference 02:42
07 Past Tension 02:57
08 Held 06:08
09 Nothing Here 04:25
.Total.. 35:10 min
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You could probably guess what Holy Other's debut album
sounds like without ever hearing it. That's not a bad
thing. It speaks to both the surprising solidity of the
Manchester artist's style and the general ubiquity of
this sort of eyes-down, funereal fare. But last year's
With U EP managed to stick out like a throbbing thumb
amidst all the soft focus dreck and Held accomplishes the
same trick in 2012. His first album-length effort isn't a
drastic turnaround nor even that great of a leap forward,
but it is a whole lot more persuasive, mirroring label
mate Balam Acab's turn from monaural to full-splendour
stereo with his own Tri Angle LP last year.
"(W)here" picks up right where With U left off: liquid
tides splash against a steady pulse that aligns well with
UK house, but feels more like a heartbeat than a dance
track. That comforting blinker is at the heart of Holy
Other's unusually warm and enveloping sound, a 4/4 beat
that embraces rather than pierces, with blanketing
basslines that only add to the womblike shroud. What's
different this time around is the rest of the textures;
he prefers the bevelled shine of '90s adult contemporary,
sad face electronic music that uses the palette of
overwrought power ballads ("Impouring," "In Difference")
instead of merely hinting at it. There's a staggered and
creaky quality to the way he builds his tracksù"In
Difference" sounds like it's struggling with every chord,
a vocal melody that trips over itself despite its
inherent simplicity.
Held is an even more vocal-heavy record than his earlier
work, but these ciphers are almost entirely devoid of
language. Holy Other wisely steers clear of the beyond-
clichΘd R&B appropriation by stretching out gasps and
syllables into unnatural, filmy shapes, like the slow-
motion implosions of "Love Some1," and especially the
strangely piercing vocals of "Tense Past," which unspool
in pure agony. Chipmunk squeak is replaced with searing
anguish over a bed of sounds folding in on themselves, a
crawling rhythm that feels like it's hitting a backwards
stroke with every pace. The tension is released with the
bookending "Past Tension," which further uncoils the
track's samples into an outpouring of resigned sadness.
Despite all the hints at depression, Held is a strangely
uplifting record. Indeed, it's almost too easy to become
completely enamoured with the very sounds it's employing,
rather than the mood it's ostensibly trying to convey.
That's made even better by the increased attention to
song structure, songs that open up slowly instead of
merely repeating patterns. Lead single "Love Some1" has a
patient but rewarding climax, "U Now" stumbles around
skittish, malfunctioning percussion and the title track
dissolves into the album's most gut-wrenching moment, a
simple, naked piano breakdown. It's an uncharacteristic
moment of clarity on an album that seems composed
entirely of floating cloudsùa hint that there's another
dimension to Holy Other outside of his already familiar
world. That said, where he's left us on Held is mighty
impressive in itself.
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DRUM is a group that releases all kind of electronic stuff but mainstream.
We dont care for any releaseyear or source...its still all about the music.
In the beginning of 2002 we began to support the scene with the best of the
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