Artist: Tor.Ma in Dub
Title:
Among Aliens and Gods
Label:
Dubmission
Released:
Friday 21st July
This
Mexican solo producer has added life experiences to the various
styles of music he has developed over the years, creating a biography
of bass that incorporates his love of sci-fi movies, the books of
H.P. Lovecraft, the recent birth of his daughter and a spectrum of
other life experiences.
The
titles of the first two tracks ‘The
Colour of Space’ and ‘The Elder Gods’ will
be clear to fans that it’s a nod to the aforementioned H.P.
Lovecraft. As I pressed
play after the first few notes I established that the music doesn’t
reflect the macabre. With soaring synth passages nestled between bass
heavy dub reggae. Whilst the latter track is a tad slower to begin
it’s just as bass heavy with aggressive drum patterns at the
climax.
Moving
forward is pretty much
of a muchness. Which is no bad thing if you’ve been hooked in by
the previous two tracks. Although dub reggae is at the heart of the
productions there are some quite individual twists, with
tracks like ‘The
Waiting’ and ‘Dreams
of Anaho’ for example
incorporates 80’s retro synth sounds
commonly heard in synthwave. While
the final track of the album his re-mix of Jumpstreet’s ‘Little
Bot’ where the looped bassline builds and drops amongst the
harmonica and psychedelic glitches.
Reviewed
by Woodzee
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