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r e l e a s e . i n f o
Artist.....: DJ Rum
Title......: St. Martins / Tension
Rip Date...: Apr-16-2016 Cat.No.....: OTE013
Style......: Bass Label......: On The Edge
Quality....: VBRkbps Type.......: EP
Size.......: 30,1 MB Source.....: Vinyl
r e l e a s e . n o t e s
Among the few that I've spoken to who've heard of DJ Rum, St.
Martins has been a tough sell. His other release to date, Plead
with Me, on Smokin Sessions, has gained far more attention. That
EP shows an admirable attention to sound design, and an enviable
ear for bass, but is handicapped by a melange of samples which
bristle with thorns where they should integrate smoothly. But keen
ears should recognize "St Martins"ùthe track which began the Scuba
portion of Paul Rose's RA podcastùas another beast entirely. It
isn't that DJ Rum has played it safe. The outre vibes of "Plead
with Me" instead have been re-channelled into an improvisational
yet immersing piece of genre-defying dub, which is sentimental
image music as told by a stoned dubstepper, all composed with the
idea of a Caribbean beach swirling amongst the mental vapours.
If that turn of phrase befuddles you, blame the fact that "St.
Martins" is creative enough to frustrate comparisons to convenient
musical reference points. If forced, though, you could point to
Scuba's records, or perhaps some of Peverelist's on Punch Drunk,
reworked into hazy excursions with steady 140 BPM kick drums.
Synth washes redolent of ghostly waves and sonorous strings
introduce the ten minute track from a powerfully visual vantage
point, with the open and spacious sounds forcefully suggesting a
cinematic framing shot: perhaps an oceanside expanse seen from a
height. By the time a brave and thoroughly surprising sample
concludes the track, "St. Martins"' intriguing narrative has
pulled you deep into the Dadawah-esque, simmering, lazy
psychedelia found therein.
"Tension," on the flip side, begins with a whispered, breathy
syllable. A "hi" quite close to the one found in 51 Days' "Paper
Moon." The same funky, free-spirited sound design as 51 Days'
pervades, but it's mated here to a tenuous, high impact approach
to percussion closer to Shackleton's "Branch Is Weak," mixed with
a few chopped vocals that position it towards exuberant London
dance floors. This side is not nearly as strong as "St. Martins,"
because the artist's personality doesn't shine through as clearly,
but it is an interesting and welcome addition to one of the best,
most original and humbly superb tracks of the year 2010.
www.discogs.com/release/2397060
p l a y l i s t
01 St. Martins 09:38
02 Tension 08:49
18:27 min
g r e e t i n g s
agw - amok - bass - bcc - bex - boss - cmg - cmc - cms - d2h
def - dh - disc0 - drum - emp - ftd - fwyh - gem - i8 - ipc
jce - jfk - jrp - just - khz - kinky - kw - lame - maem - mbs
mgc - psycz - r2r - rac - radial - rapid - rks - rtb - sb
sever - sfe - soup - sour - sq - tr - trt - ube - uc - upe
uki - xtc - yard - zi
respect to music lovers worldwide
never forget : go to the show. buy the t-shirt. order the vinyl