Artist: Dave.I.D
Title: Response
Label: !K7
Genre: Drum & Bass
Bitrate: 261kbit av.
Time: 00:40:20
Size: 79.91 mb
Rip Date: 2011-05-18
Str Date: 2011-06-13
01. When Everything Is In It's Place 3:34
02. SumR 4:40
03. The Takeover 3:46
04. You Me Come For 4:48
05. Oil 3:39
06. HIS 4:58
07. Now 3:40
08. Marvel 4:24
09. There's A Kingdom For That 3:46
10. Mine 3:05
Release Notes:
Dave.I.D likes to think for himself. Always has done. ItÆs the reason
why his debut album didnÆt go quite according to his initial plan. He
was going to make, to use his own words, ôsomething pretty simple and
straightforwardö. But then he noticed lots of his friends were
discovering new beliefs. Some even tried to convert him. ôI'm very
open-minded to different beliefs, but I question and see things
slightly differently,ö he says. Without necessarily wanting to, he
found himself reflecting on existential questions. ôThe album is a
record of the time that it was made, and thatÆs what was going on in my
life at the time. I didnÆt necessarily want to make the debut album
like that. I felt I had to make it.ö
The cerebral inspiration catapulted him into musicÆs outer rim. He
beamed back a dark, dense sometimes confrontational sound, but
ultimately compelling sound. But, in the end, it turned out to be a
happy accident because the resulting record, called æResponseÆ
appropriately enough, is mind-bendingly inventive, brilliantly
off-kilter and constantly surprising. On æHISÆ ethereal vocals echo
over funereal synths. ItÆs darkly evocative, like a forgotten gem by
Æ80s industrial heroes Chris & Cosey. Elsewhere the clanging beats,
noirish chords and pugnacious melodies of æWhen Everything Is In Its
PlaceÆ recall harder edged industrial influences such as Einstⁿrzende
Neubauten.
Crucially, the tough sonics are paired with killer melodies: this is
deep, heavy music you can hum. The juddering rhythms on æYou Me Come
ForÆ underpin an anthemic chorus of warm digital fuzz and strangely
uplifting vocal keens. Meanwhile, æSumRÆ is built around a baroque
harpsichord riff, over which Dave flips and vaults with brooding
tunefulness. And despite the industrial references, itÆs definitely not
some retro homage. There are hints of Warp-style electronica,
experimental noise that echoes bands such as Liars, the sharp fusion of
mind-busting innovation and melody which recalls TV On The Radio and
oblique nods to the post-dubstep scene, the latter a similarity of mood
rather than a shared sound. In short, itÆs a record that could only
have been made now.
Dave i.d, started making music in earnest in 2006. Before that it was
just messing around with computers in his bedroom. ôIn the first place
making music was a way of stopping myself going crazy,ö he explains.
ôIt was better than sitting in a room talking to myself.ö It was also
an escape from the daily grind of studying to be an accountant. ôEver
since I was at primary school I was good at maths,ö he explains. ôI
wanted to do something with numbers, but I chose the most boring thing
to do with numbers possible. In the end I gave it up because it was so
boring.ö
His first release, æWhy WerenÆt The Message SentÆ, came at the
beginning 2009. Like the album, he made the track in a
10-foot-by-ten-foot wooden cube sitting in the storage space of a
former art gallery. ôItÆs an old art project, which has a
multi-functional useö he explains. ôAt present I call it æDaveÆs
StudioÆ.ö
Working alone is important to Dave.I.D. He doesnÆt think heÆd be an
easy person to collaborate with. ôFor me working alone is the only way
I know how to work. To have something interfere with the way IÆm used
to working might not have worked out. I imagine I would have lost
interest if someone else had got involved and started sprinkling their
fairy dust on it. I like to do things a certain way.ö
HeÆs reluctant to talk about influences, and heÆs got a point; he
doesnÆt really sound like anyone else. That said, the records he was
listening to while making æWhy WerenÆt The Message SentÆ and later
æResponseÆ help make sense of his singular sound. ôI got into a lot of
noise bands like Ex Models. I felt a strong connection to the second
and third Liars albums, æThey Were Wrong, So We Drowned (2004) and
æDrumÆs Not DeadÆ (2006). æThe DriftÆ by Scott Walker is a great album.
I think those are the people that have had an effect on me musically.ö
The common thread is a prioritisation of sound over melody. ôI got
really interested in stuff like that because textures are always more
important to me than a tune,ö he confirms. ôBut if you can use good
textures and still write a good tune then thatÆs OK too.ö
Ask him about the future, and he responds instantly. ôMy dream is for
this to be an option. IÆm ambitious. I want people to like what I do.
The difference is that IÆm not going to sugar coat it for you. I donÆt
have that need. I really just like pleasing myself at the moment.ö
ItÆs more of a passive statement than a modern update of SuicideÆs
confrontational stance. Thing is, while pleasing himself heÆs made an
album that fizzes and pops with creativity. HeÆs going to have to get
used to other people being pretty pleased with it too.
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