Morpheus Music
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Posted : Oct 17, 2008 17:12:20
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STYLE Urban flavoured dubstep and grime instrumentals with occasional vocals. Autopirate blends elements of glitch, dub, lounge, IDM, house and hip-hop to create a cut and paste framework where vocal snips and phrases flutter among strongly rhythmical yet constantly shifting disjointed structures. All manner of blips, clicks and electrical flecks flicker among the constantly varying programmed drum tracks - muted loops and frequent effected interludes interrupt the flow of grooves that carry the diverse marks of DnB, dancehall and electro influence. Bass bombs and sub wobbles add interest to the low end whilst a veritable plethora of psychedelic FX further fracture the sonic surface making for a very lively sound. Melodic content is often held by the basses embellished by acidic motifs and brief keyboard touches. Spoken voice samples and rasta shouts introduce a clearer human element to many of the tracks whilst a couple of pieces are carried more fully by female vocals - net neutrality rantapella is exclusively made up of montaged speech samples.
MOOD
The overriding tone of Autopirate is one of modern city clublife. The grooves are very contemporary and mostly danceable. The emphasis on rhythm over melody creates an impression of fleeting night scenes, life in motion, street culture collage. The inventive drum tracks often have a sombre urgency about them as well as a technical complexity that suggests manipulated mechanism - digital montages of techno spatter. Hard to keep still under the influence of such powerful rhythms.
ARTWORK
Autopirate arrives in a glossy card gatefold package. The design is purely black and white, mostly comprised of thickly layered text and various logos. The densely slathered black fonts generally thicken into a central mass of darkness which is then broken back into with white lettering for titles and info. The front cover drags a scuffed band of mangled print elements from left to right reminiscent of a distant cityscape - titles on top. The tracklist appears on the back and on the inner flap, logos for Mutimusic and The Phat Conductor to the sides. Within, the same graphic approach is taken with credits, thanks and a paragraph of 'much love' typed out each on its own surface of broken blackness.
OVERALL
This is the new project from the Canadian underground producer well known for his work as The Phat Conductor. This debut album under the current title is released by Mutimusic, an EP entitled The Sweatshop was previously released in collaboration with Meesha on the same label earlier this year giving an indication of what to expect. The thirteen tracks here feature collaborative writing, singing and musical input from a number of like minded artists. Singers Masia One and Clara Venice provide two very different complete vocal contributions to the tracks irma vep and prickles n goo - the former delivering a pacey rap, the latter a dreamy, breathy song of almost ethereal delicacy against the grit and guts of the supporting electronica.
WHO WILL LIKE THIS ALBUM
Autopirate is one for lovers of intelligent electronic dance music, especially if you have a liking for eclectic urban imagery and beaty instrumentals. The Mutimusic website has a free promo mix that you can download to get an idea of ill.gates unique sound.
  MORPHEUS MUSIC
www.morpheusmusic.co.uk
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