Artist: Kick Bong &
Squazoid
Title:
Magic Beetle
Label:
Cosmicleaf
Released:
23rd December
The
latest single from this on/off Parisian collaboration of Franck
Jousselin & Jeremy Bringué
continues to conflate
their individual styles of downtempo electronic dub.
The
single begins as you would expect with the title track and the
initial organ tones are strikingly familiar. However, this is almost
immediately transforms into a slow chugging piece of electronica with
plenty of delayed sitar. The
piece then drops
and re-builds in places with plenty of rhythm changes and sounds fx,
constantly
shuffling new threads to identify and enjoy.
This
is followed by ‘Space Exploration’ where mellow synth sounds are
pushed slightly by a beat that ticks along nicely. There’s a few
other electronic effects that push the piece somewhat in places and
like the first piece it slows down and rebuilds.
The
final track ‘Nervous Breakdown’ as you might suspect has a darker
edge and initially Depeche Mode came to mind. As the piece progresses
I still have Depeche Mode in mind … Depeche Mode in Dub to be
precise and eventually it leads to melancholic cello like strings and
morphs into a more eastern sound.
Reviewed
by Woodzee
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