YELLOW MACHINES 003 - 2 TRACKS BY SCANONE - OUT IN AUGUST
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:02 pm
YELLOW MACHINES 003
SCANONE.
A. SUB-PRIME
AA. MINOTAUR
A year on from the label’s last broadcast, ScanOne’s Yellow Machines steps back out of the shadows with another clarion call from the border badlands where bass music meets electronica’s unmapped empty quarter. ‘Sub-Prime’ is an eight minute cross-genre epic, built from muscular electro synth lines, drum & bass sonar bleeps, and twisted digital dub breaks. Its intricately structured form leads the listener through a series of peaks and troughs, yet the overall impression is of a relentless passage around the edges of dark machine beats, where the ghosts of metallic electro mingle with the blythe spirits of bass-fuelled techno. ‘Minotaur’ is a seven-minute prowling sci-fi creeper, with chilling atmospheric pads progressing throughout whilst old school hardcore beats weave in and out of the sub-bass framework. The most recognisably “dubstep” track of the two, ‘Minotaur’ rolls like an armoured assault vehicle across pock-marked terrain, with oscillating low frequencies acting as the driving force while rhythmic breaks burst above the scorched earth and strategic drops create pockets of false calm within the militaristic marching beats.
AVAILABLE ON VINYL AND DOWNLOAD IN ALL GOOD STORES.
SCANONE.
A. SUB-PRIME
AA. MINOTAUR
A year on from the label’s last broadcast, ScanOne’s Yellow Machines steps back out of the shadows with another clarion call from the border badlands where bass music meets electronica’s unmapped empty quarter. ‘Sub-Prime’ is an eight minute cross-genre epic, built from muscular electro synth lines, drum & bass sonar bleeps, and twisted digital dub breaks. Its intricately structured form leads the listener through a series of peaks and troughs, yet the overall impression is of a relentless passage around the edges of dark machine beats, where the ghosts of metallic electro mingle with the blythe spirits of bass-fuelled techno. ‘Minotaur’ is a seven-minute prowling sci-fi creeper, with chilling atmospheric pads progressing throughout whilst old school hardcore beats weave in and out of the sub-bass framework. The most recognisably “dubstep” track of the two, ‘Minotaur’ rolls like an armoured assault vehicle across pock-marked terrain, with oscillating low frequencies acting as the driving force while rhythmic breaks burst above the scorched earth and strategic drops create pockets of false calm within the militaristic marching beats.
AVAILABLE ON VINYL AND DOWNLOAD IN ALL GOOD STORES.