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Artist...: Clubroot
Title....: II: MMX
Label....: Lo Dubs
Cat.No...: LODUBSD10001CD
Format...: CDDA
Genre....: Electronic
Style....: UK Garage, Dubstep
URL......: http://www.lodubs.com
Tracks...: 11
Size.....: 71.23MB
Playtime.: 00:52:48
Grabber..: EAC
Encoder..: LAME v3.97 -V2 --vbr-new
Quality..: avg. 178kbps / 44.1kHz / Joint Stereo
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1. Orbiting 5:01
2. Waterways 5:00
3. Dry Cured 5:19
4. Sjambok 1:45
5. Toe To Toe 4:38
6. Whistles and Horns 4:40
7. Running on Empty 4:59
8. Physicality 5:19
9. Dust Storm 3:45
10. Closure 7:06
11. Cherubs Cry 5:16
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52:48 (min)
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Deep-end dubstep heads, your time! Clubroot follows up his revelatory debut
with a second set of deluxe post-rave for the emotionally scarred stepper.
Unlike most producers of his ilk, Clubroot's music is almost defined by the
fact that he simply doesn't play livesets. Perhaps it's a homage to that other
show-shy figure, Burial, but it's probably more the fact that he'd have
everyone in a blubbering puddle in the middle of the floor, meaning these
tracks are ideally suited to smoke & whiskey aided armchair sessions. These
eleven tracks adhere to the formula of his former set, using spare,
dread-reverbed percussion, sweeping subbass harmonics and a framework of late
90's to early 00's warehouse vibes to express a particular sort of smudged
anguish. 'Orbiting' starts the rush with a cascade of angelic voices summoned
from a Hysteria hyperrave in Milton Keynes circa 1996, while 'Waterways' offers
a half-hidden glimpse of fluid tech-step submerged under trolleys and tesco
bags at the bottom of an inner city canal. The impressive 'Whistles & Horns',
shakes out Orbital-esque rhythmic twists with the kind of synthbass finesse
mastered by Teebee, 'Running On Empty' nods to the hanging halfstep of Kryptic
Minds and then there's 'Cherubs Cry'. Do we really need to describe that one?
Big.
www.myspace.com/clubroot