ARTIST...: iO Sounds
TITLE....: Tough Luck
YEAR.....: 2013
LABEL....: Infinite Machine
CAT.NO...: IMSL2
GENRE....: Bass
TIME.....: 10:41 min
SIZE.....: 24,50 MB
QUALITY..: 320kbps/44,1kHz/Joint-Stereo
ENCODER..: LAME
SOURCE...: WEB
RLS.DATE.: 2013/04/08
WEBSITE..: http://www.bagpak.net
TRACKLIST
01) (04:07) Tough Luck
02) (06:34) Tough Luck (Cloaka Remix)
In anticipation of his forthcoming IM wax release, which will consist of 4 originals
and feature the likes of Blaksmif, Sibian & Faun,Herr Johann and Deft on the
flipside, iO Sounds (formely iO) teases with this IM Singles nugget. 24yo Londoner
Rob Burn has so far coaxed everything from oldschool (read: "true") dubstep, house,
techno, garage, UK funky, a touch of leftfield sound design and everything inbetween
into the adamantine alloy he's dubbed iO Sounds. The "Tough Luck" single amply
delivers on all the above.
The eponymous track is a tour-de-force of everything of superlative appeal in
electronic music nowadays. Sounding like a redux of some of the best developments of
2012 and a recipe for what 2013's gonna be like, it rocks amazing soulful vocal cuts,
silky bass, an exuberant use of classic and classy house chords, and a rattly, almost
undetectably-4/4 beat that's as future as future gets. While the vox lament "dunno
why this is is happenin' to me", the overarching mood is one of hope, and euphoria. A
perfect winter-spring transition anthem. Readers of our release notes know that we at
Infinite Machine understandably quite like to big up our tunes, but we can't big this
one up enough. Rinse 'til it starts losing kbps.
On the virtual flipside, Cloaka turns the anthemic tendencies up to 11, fashioning
the original into a big-room rave behemoth, replete with banger elements and slightly
ominous undertones, there to fuck with the comedown from your drug of choice. Keeping
it UK, there's also trace elements of bassline (the genre), showcasing Cloaka's flair
for bringing back rave relics into the next-gen. Rinse 'til it goes mono.
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