Morpheus Music
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Posted : Aug 7, 2008 16:47:17
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STYLE
Spacious melodic dub electronica. Heyoka has a deeply psychedelic sound full of squelches, blips, sonic flickers and all manner of effected sine waves, corrosive synthetics and acidic programming. Driven by huge, lumbering bass lines and gritty programmed drumtracks Pineal Dub draws on elements of IDM, glitch, downtempo and displaced hip hop binding them up into a consistent dub framework, with a very low centre of gravity. The overall sound is uncluttered, with repeating phrases and tuneful snatches cycling, alternating and cross layering. Naturally the keyboard stabs and echoed percussion that mark the genre are present, but Heyoka brings something of a dancefloor approach to the mix, promotional material suggesting that the disc be filed under 'Downtempo, Dub, Breakbeat, Grime and Dubstep'.
MOOD
The most enduring impression throughout this album is one of cerebral structures and visceral rhythms. The musical arrangements are overtly synthetic, with an almost sci-fi palette of sounds flung down in glitchy fragmentation and conscious dislocation, but the beats are intuitive, nodding affairs with thudding kicks and shattering hi hats. Pineal Dub clearly has a humorous side, taking a playful approach to a number of pieces, not taking things too seriously, yet never losing its cool.
ARTWORK
To date I have just a print out of the front cover image for this album designed by Victor Olenev. A deeply green alien figure in DJ stance fills the main image bordered by more layers of the same green. Maintaining a consistent hue, the titles are the only other front cover details.
OVERALL
San Francisco based Heyoka takes the name from the word in Lakota, that means ‘contrarian’ - contrary one or the ‘sacred clown’. Their apparent foolishness raises important questions by fooling around, others are thus helped to think about things not usually thought about, or to look at things in a different way. The Pineal Dub album is released via the relatively new Muti Music label and there are samples of the band website at Myspace where the music is aptly describes as "psytellgibientglitchdubwhomphop" - with emphasis on the 'whomp' part I might add.
WHO WILL LIKE THIS ALBUM
If you enjoy dub you'll find this album worth checking out if you enjoy a departure from the reggae roots of the genre in favour of trancey psychedelia - but don't think that means that the dub is by any means downplayed, this is one of the deepest immersions into dub that I've heard in a while.
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www.morpheusmusic.co.uk
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