Artist: Youth & Gaudi
Title:
Astronaut Alchemists
Label:
Liquid Sound Design
Released:
Dec 2018
Comprising
two producers whose careers have been heavily entwined with dub,
simultaneously in the studio. With
Youth on bass, Gaudi on keys and taking turns in the knob twiddling
studio fx. So on paper this
promises to be an album of interest to fans of this genre. Therefore,
it stands to reason that the question is does it live up to the
expectation?
The
album opens with ‘Bass Weapon’ a stereo-typical piece of dub
reggae comprising low frequency bass, keys and lots of reverb.
Initially, it fulfils what you would expect from a dub reggae tune
with nothing to stand out from the crowd. However, around two minutes
in there are some uplifting strings which unfortunately are short
lived. I felt this was remedied somewhat with ‘The Gods must be
Crazy’ a far more interesting piece in my opinion, which although
maintains an old skool feel I could imagine enjoying on a speaker
shaking sound system.
As
I moving through the album I think I’m able to answer my question
above. It does live up to expectation in the sense it’s well
produced and arguably could hold it’s head high amongst some of the
classic albums of the genre. However, where I feel it’s lacking is
it’s nothing new even down to the samples on ‘Apollo’ (which
were to be expected I guess considering the album title) utilised
countless times before.
That
said I can imagine the live performance will be rocking and those in
and around London at the time the launch party is being held at Bloc
in Hackney Wick, London on Friday the 7th
of December. You can book your tickets via
https://accessallareas.org/listings/youth-gaudi/
Review
by Woodzee
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