ARTIST...: iO Sounds
TITLE....: iO Sounds
YEAR.....: 2013
LABEL....: Infinite Machine
CAT.NO...: IM017
GENRE....: Bass
TIME.....: 39:00 min
SIZE.....: 89,38 MB
QUALITY..: 320kbps/44,1kHz/Joint-Stereo
ENCODER..: LAME
SOURCE...: WEB
RLS.DATE.: 2013/04/08
WEBSITE..: http://www.bagpak.net
TRACKLIST
01) (03:57) AFDW
02) (04:07) Tough Luck
03) (04:08) Bag Of Snakes
04) (03:52) Always Something
05) (05:25) Bag Of Snakes (Deft Remix)
06) (05:37) AFDW (Herr Johann Remix)
07) (06:12) Always Something (Sibian & Faun Remix)
08) (05:42) Tough Luck (Blacksmif Forge Melded Mix)
London bass-smith Rob Burn, after February's single tease, delivers his full Infinite
Machine wax debut, under the moniker iO Sounds.
The A-side features "AFDW", a UKG house interplay of dancefloor-rousing vocal
stutters and goosebumps-inducing R'n'B melismas, and "Tough Luck", which we've
previously described as " a tour-de-force of everything of superlative appeal in
electronic music nowadays", and which has not disappointed upon thorough club
testing.
The B-side rocks "Bag of Snakes", which builds upon the style of the A-side tracks,
while sneaking in more pervasive tech-house elements and a serpentine (wink-wink)
progression, and "Always Something", a soulful next-gen deep-house number, featuring
one of the most memorable hooks in IM's catalogue.
We also proudly offer not one or two, but four digital bonus tracks, in the form of
the remix gallery (not including Cloaka's earlier single-only offering). Deft takes
"Bag of Snakes" into mechanistic dub techno territory, drenching the original in
plenty of atmosphere, while latching it to an impeccable slow-burning 4/4 beat, with
a spoken word sample as centerpience... spoken word our listeners are encouraged to
heed. Herr Johann gives "AFDW" an emotional, expressive, score-like leftfield
treatment. Sibian & Faun increase the BPM on "Always Something", and
characteristically bolster the sound design quota, blending urgency and ambience into
an alternately gliding and pummeling future bass workout. Blakmsmif's 'Forge Melded'
remix of "Tough Luck" is an exuberant closer, showering us with ear candy via its
metallic percussion, and coaxing the original's vocals into full-on euphoria via its
bed of trance stabs.
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