>>> REVIEW:
internationalorange.io/new-com-powder-blue-comfortnoise/
>>> listen to OM UNIT (Cosmic Bridge; Bristol) playing "Milan":
soundcloud.com/omunit/om-unit-swu-fm-june-2021-w-special-guest-pugilist
>>> listen to ORSON (Version; Berlin) playing "Cessation":
soundcloud.com/version111a/orson-foxmind-callshop-radio-2682021
“Powder Blue” is another composition of crisp heavyweight Swiss dubbings delivered by
NEW.COM on his Comfortnoise imprint: Six soundsystem workouts assembled into a proper mini album, accompanied by a picture inlay plus sticker, and the download code.
This record maps NEW.COM’s own take of Bristol-influenced bass music. It advances his preceding “The Unity Is Submarine” EP by inclining towards grime and drill patterns, shaded by reggae, jungle, funky, acid and electro.
“Milan” opens the A-side with a turbulent flow of percussion grounded by a solid, deep-rooted bassline. It develops into a ravey, yet melancholic hands-in-the-air mood. “Olamina” invites to dance by displaying a reduced, funky drum pattern with fat kicks: You choose whether you ride the pushy flow or drift into a cool, laid-back reverie. “Dubclusion” concludes this side with a mighty bassline wrapped up in a deliberately idiosyncratic digital reggae tune.
On the B-side, “Decoy” rushes through the dancefloor like a proper techno tune. However, it has its own edge and surprises not only with some sort of hysterical birds but also a swinging bassline. Thereafter, “Brainbridge” enters a most reduced, spacious, heavyweight realm. Its drill pattern is fully presented just once but never stops clinging to your head throughout the whole suspenseful journey. “Cessation” comes full circle as a dark, spooky, droning tune that dismisses you into your very own inner world.
This is serious heavyweight meditation business!
released May 3, 2021
www.comfortnoise.com
all tracks w & p by Marius Neukom
mastered by Adi Flück at Centraldubs
Artwork by Stillhart Konzept
distributed by RewindForward -
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p & c 2021 com03