Hypersynchron is perfect for fans of not only Ohm Resistance but fans of Andy Stott and some of the darker works of The Bug, Clark, PilotPriest and older Scuba. A fine listen for dark times.
The perfect soundtrack for the end of the world
In a year seemingly like no other where a pandemic has humanity masked and cowering in their homes or barefaced rioting in the streets, where the rule of law has been overtaken by the cult of the dollar and the gun, there is seemingly no recourse but to sit back and watch the apocalypse lurch, creep and crawl towards our door. Hypersynchron by Dadub is the perfect soundtrack for the end of the world, then. It’s a mixture of heavy dub, deep ambient atmospherics, ruined and magled electronics and hints of dark threnody and forbidden disharmonies. Perfect listening for one sitting on the brink of disaster.
“Infinite Regresses” throbs, shimmers and shudders into hearing with blasts of broken drumbeats and twisted 808s burble up from oily depths until going down for the last time. “On Fungus Drool” is the sound of sentient myco-sapiens creating funk for the future with 808 booms and the screech of their homo-detritus thralls while a distorted banjo blasts out from the speakers at irregular intervals. “Link To Quantum” is the sound of psy-trance from Color Out of Space tuned to a haunted house simulcast of broken beats and smashed reverb tanks. “Of Simulacra” continues the my-sapien slo-jam fest with the ruined vocals of a female singer tuned too low while synths jam and misfire in a haze of oily echoes and throbbing beats. “New Rationales For Subjugation” presents a dubbed-out fever dream of lovers rock played through The Bug’s broken filter box as it’s jammed through a circuit bent transistor radio of your nana’s.
“Airless Subjugation” is a Scorn remake of “New Rationales For Subjugation” proving that a) Dadub is in good company—or scary company if you like—and b) just when you think a track is dark and scary a master comes along and opens a door on a whole subterranean colony of darker and scarier stuff. “Tranced Out” brings more space and room than previous tracks while throbbing echoes seep and swarm along the sonic floor as metallic tones lumber past like revived beasts of a forgotten epoch. “Airless Vault” is digital doom on wax, foreboding with heavy bass and numinous void sounds like sunset on Venus. “Alien To Wholeness” is what might happen if Vladislav Delay took PCP and was let loose in King Tubby’s studio with its reverb howls and dank tones and drones. “Focus From The Outrage Ep.1” and “Focus From The Outrage Ep.2” provide back to back excursions into abandoned buildings infested with the souls of dead ravers coming back for one last dance floor ritual. “Ascetic Denial” closes the album out with foghorn blasts of synths and sopping wet, cold stabs of hard drones.
Hypersynchron is perfect for fans of not only Ohm Resistance but fans of Andy Stott and some of the darker works of The Bug, Clark, PilotPriest and older Scuba. A fine listen for dark times.
Hypersynchron is available on Ohm Resistance. [Bandcamp]
