(04.11.07) Audion’s new single Noiser/Fred’s Bells finds Matthew Dear continuing to master his style. Like previous Audion releases (the Mouth to Mouth single, and his contributions to the Death is Nothing to Fear album), Dear sticks decidedly to the dance floor on this release.
“Noiser” is a track that would fit comfortably somewhere near the buildup/climax of a set, with clanging synth stabs that gradually disintegrate into a rumbling bass line. Like some of Audion’s previous output, this one will be more useful to DJ’s than to those who listen to techno in an unmixed context, nevertheless, as a DJ tool it certainly works. The second track on the release, “Fred’s Bells,” is the stronger of the two, featuring spectral whispers over almost hypnotic throbbing bass and clearly belonging more towards the front of the crate. Sounding a little bit like the mutant offspring of a John Tejada/Adam Beyer production, “Fred’s Bells” shares similarities with a lot of the things I’ve been hearing on dance floors in New York, or in sets from some of the Berlin DJ’s (Dear himself hails from Detroit.)
Definitely one to watch for ’07, Matthew Dear is proving himself to be a producer whose sound is both retro (evoking sounds from the mid 90’s by artists like Jeff Mills) and futuristic at the same time.
Noiser/Fred’s Bells is out now on Spectral Sound.
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