The SiBERiA team presents:
Kontext - Convex Curved Mirror
Release Info:
Artist ...... Kontext
Title ....... Convex Curved Mirror
Type ........ EP
Label ....... Immerse Records
Cat.Number .. IME011
Genre ....... Electronic
Style ....... Dubstep, Techno, IDM
Street date . 17-04-2009
Rip date .... 13-05-2009
Source ...... WEB
Url ......... http://www.boomkat.com
Encoder ..... Lame 3.98
Ripper ...... dedmoroz
Quality ..... 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Joint Stereo
Tracks ...... 2
Size ........ 38.54 Mb
List Of Tracks:
Track Title Time
01 ... Convex Curved Mirror 8:15
02 ... Hometown Swamp 7:45
Total
16:00
Release Notes:
Immerse Records possesses an incredibly healthy back catalogue
(including releases from Forsaken and Benga & Walsh) and with it
they've actively attempted to cross platforms and create their own
groove. Pooling from the clicks and white noise percussion of minimal
techno and the weighted rumble of deep sub bass-infused dubstep,
Kontext returns here to the Bristol-based label for his second wax
outing, dictating a fresh and pummeling pathway as he goes.
"Convex Curved Mirror" fuses deep chord stabs with playfully
arpeggiated midrange synth incisions that slice through the persistent
kick drum and potent low end combination effortlessly, creating a
slightly disjointed melody. Beneath the scattershot theme lies some
deeply impressive programming; underlying the resonating kick drums
with found sound snatches of distant voices and pulses of power bass,
Kontext brings a shade of the modified 2-step skip to the minimal tech
drum shadow, giving the powerful stomp an erratic kind of
shoulder-heavy lean.
"Hometown Swamp" does employ a lot of the same stylistic techniques as
ùConvex Curved Mirror"ùthe minimal use of any discernable snare drum,
the infectious skip and the snatches of every day ambienceùbut Kontext
uses simple changes in approach to display an entirely different mood.
Layering his clicks and underpinning his poignant drum moments with
subtle blasts of noise he manages to make the top end of his drums
sound crisp, as if they were playing through a distant radio, while the
heavy hit of the kick drum fashions a hole in your sternum. Where the A
side flickers its melody and purposefully stabs its bass, the flip
swells with texture and wobbles its lower frequencies, spurring
movement rather than demanding it.