Review: It appears that Donky Pitch have struck gold on this one as they bring in the futuristic trappy sounds of The Range for four tracks of well produced fire. We begin our journey with a look into 'Metal Swing', a very original, spacey ball of enchanting melodies and distant lyricism. Following this we dip into the colourful yet urgent arrangement of 'Carole' before stumbling into the orchestral bliss of 'Low'. Finally, we round up the project with the airy, breaks driven rhythmic structures and potent sub textures of 'Twenty Shot Clip', a perfect way to finish in style.
Review: Wavy, hazy, likely to lower stress levels you didn't even know you had, Brighton-based multi-project, multi-instrumentalist virtuoso Mount Bank teases us with one track from his forthcoming album Counter Real. Beatless ambience tied together with swooning human textures and Eva Brown's yearning, far-away vocal leads us into a slo-mo spaced out beat finale. A great taster for a truly unique album.
Review: Donny Pitch aren't exactly your ordinary label, both by name and due to the nature of their strictly left field music, but then again, newcomer Joseph Petersen isn't exactly your everyday producer. Coming through with an incredibly fresh and innovative outlook to electronic music, "Wishbone" is perhaps the strangest track we've heard in a while, and we can't quite figure out whether it sits in the industrial or lo-fi territory, and the same can be said for the other five cuts. "Considerate", for instance, is a broken steel-pan rhythm that stretches its folds of noise to weird and exciting territories, while "Brothers" is a boogie tune for the next millennium. Whatever you want to call this, it is most certainly recommended and pick of the week from us. A tip if we ever heard one!!
Review: Celebrating five years of squelchy, neon-lit funk that oozes in the cracks between beats, bass music and plenty more besides, let this compilation serve as a lesson to you all in what a gem of a label Donky Pitch is. With a regular cast of characters that includes Slugabed, Lockah, The Range and Starfoxxx, all manner of low-slung boogie and chopped-up madness radiates from this overview of the Brighton-based operation, and long may it continue. Arp 101's "Slam" is especially inviting with its wonderfully rude bass squelches and slick vocoder, while Tokyo Hands drops flamboyant melodic richness left right and centre on "Letters", and that's just the tip of an exceedingly funky iceberg.
Review: David Beltran aka Starfoxxx hails from Chicago but is not restrained by the city's house music cliches. This LP contains styles and influences from all over the globe, ranging from the Italo-leaning opener "Club Entrance (Intro)", to shreds of synthpop on "Bae HD" and even hints of 2-step thanks to the broken, folding beats of "XTC Makeouts". All in all, it's a beautifully shimmering collage of electronic sounds and neo-romanticism. You never know what to expect throughout, making this one of the best recent surprises to land on our laps...
Review: Having recently dazzled with his kaleidoscopic debut album, Nonfiction, electronic explorer The Range returns to Brighton's impressive Donky Pitch label with an expansive six-track EP. Those familiar with his unique style should know what to expect, namely a unique fusion of analogue melodies, starburst chords, wonky hip-hop rhythms, smooth R&B influences and weighty bass pressure. Predictably, highlights are plentiful, from the intergalactic exotica of "Sony" and tactile, synth-heavy post dubstep blast of "Slow Build", to the intricate IDM-influenced electronica of "Two" and tumbling hip-hop cut-up antics of "Ed Reed Jersey". All six tracks, of course, come cloaked in his usual highly visual production style.
Review: Hailed as the next Clams Casino by some corners of the internet, it's not hard to see where the comparisons have come from - certainly a producer more in tune with the so-called "cloud rap" school of artists, his productions chop and screw conventional R&B production styles into dense, foggy beatscapes. But while Clams Casino's productions have hints of colour, Keyboard Kid likes to embrace the darkness wholesale - such as the all encompassing bass of "TheTransition", and lurching kicks of "BasedExorcism". The EP's most triumphant moments however come with "TheMost" and "LongLiveSwag", whose rapid rhythmic flutters and tranced out arpeggios recall aarabMUZIK's heady style.
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