Predatory Things of A Minute is a solid release with plentiful humming bass, stepping beats and dead of night South London spookiness merrily plundered from the chilled garage / dubstep sound archives.
[Release page] I read with interest a recent Twitter debate on the proximity in sound the new Skrillex release has to Burial. You know the kind of thing—there’s a pitch fiddled filtered vocal in it so therefore it’s a Burial rip off. It raises the age old debate in music—who are the true innovators versus followers—and is it OK to overtly ‘bite’ the style of another?
This release from Delete fuels the debate as it’s clear Burial is a huge influence across this work—the Burial sound that’s spawned a hundred pitch fiddled vocal tracks surrounded by wonky UK garage-lope percussion and hazy spliff imbued melodies. My personal view is that this kind of cross pollination of sound is what makes music such an organically interesting listen—there will always be leaders and truly visionary artists yet if new artists put the time and effort in to create something new using those influences and it’s pleasing to the ear—why should it matter? I’ll leave you to ponder that one…
Predatory Things of A Minute is a solid release with plentiful humming bass, stepping beats and dead of night South London spookiness merrily plundered from the chilled garage / dubstep sound archives. Tracks like “Natasha” and “Remember Us” positively reek of plunder but are thoroughly excellent listens and get a big recommended thumbs up. Production quality throughout is high—”In Situ” marries tasty piano melodics to a distant subdued bass hum and creeped out effects whilst “One Must Fall” spins an oddball hiss laden progression across subaqueous bass for fantastic left field dancefloor leanings. There’s some cracking remixes included too—in particular the Roof Light version of “Remember Us” which pulls the track into deeper, pensive melodic territory and the clinically produced chilled crunch of VVV remix of “Neva.”
So, yes—it’s clear where the influences of this release lie but for those who couldn’t care less and simply wish to enjoy fine electronic music in that Burial / Clubroot style then you’ll be loving this release.
Predatory Things Of A Minute is available on Mindtrick. [Release page]
