Djrum's first release since 2019, the Meaning’s Edge EP is an introduction to a whole new world. For the artist also known as Felix Manuel, it was created in the final stretches of six rather traumatic years work. Having carefully honed his techniques and aesthetics, and learned some hard-won emotional lessons over this time, finally he began to work in a quicker, lighter fas...(展开全部) Djrum's first release since 2019, the Meaning’s Edge EP is an introduction to a whole new world. For the artist also known as Felix Manuel, it was created in the final stretches of six rather traumatic years work. Having carefully honed his techniques and aesthetics, and learned some hard-won emotional lessons over this time, finally he began to work in a quicker, lighter fashion – and to cleanse his palate a little by bringing in a fresh ingredient: his own flute playing. For listeners, though, it will serve as an appetiser, a way into the delights and complexities of this new phase of his creativity. It’s a serious work in its own right, mind. The use of flutes – including Bansuri, Shakuhatchi, Western Classical, and synthesised all blending and blurring into one another – gives it a coherence and a sense of airiness that unites the five tracks over half an hour, however divergent their beats get. And as in all his music, Felix’s whole life is in here. Ethnomusicology studies, untold hours of DJing everywhere from the gnarliest squat raves to the most rarefied deep house clubs, explorations of his own neurological and emotional makeup, and the technical finesse of someone who is never not creating music or art, all roll into an experience that’s dazzling, delightful and keeps on giving. Just the opening track ‘Codex’ alone touches on OG dubstep, Aphex Twin-like braindance, post-classical exploration, movie themes and more. The gentle tones and melodies that rise up out of it perfectly conjure Felix’s running theme of a protective bubble that provides a sense of safety and tranquillity even as the beats and acid gurgles and spurts all around it conjure up the slings and arrows of life’s difficulties. The tone set, the EP moves through ultra-rarefied glass-like percussion in an almost ambient setting, hints of grime’s counterintuitive patterns, and even more hectic patterns influenced by Tanzania’s hyperspeed singeli style of dance music – but always with that perfect balance of chaos and control, unpredictability and protection. It rewards playing and replaying endlessly, it’s a profound and often joyous experience… and it’s only just the beginning. This is the return of a master craftsperson more focused than ever on his vision and vocation and ready to blow your mind all over again.
0 有用 desmonte 2024-12-09 12:08:05 广东
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1 有用 波普蜥蜴 2024-12-04 11:31:46 美国
很好听，九月去的live set也很好！最佳舞池体验之一
0 有用 NowhereSun 2024-12-01 15:47:23 中国香港
3+ 婊叉可能爱屋(新发行混音Objekt的旧曲)及乌所以才给这张BNA吧,大多数还是觉得略为机械了,笛子并未如想像中有机,反而像贝壳磨擦的音效还较密,相当令人紧张;真正合乎期待的是最后两首组曲,从中世妃质感的笛子旋律开始,逐渐走到未来,最后又回到过去闭环,可见较丰富的想像力 Cut: 4/5
0 有用 BlackLight 2024-12-30 19:19:20 广东
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0 有用 楊牧俑 2024-11-28 18:18:29 湖北
8.5
0 有用 好奇怪 2024-12-24 17:10:24 云南
8.3
0 有用 鸫 2024-12-20 09:32:41 英国
1，4完成度最高，好听符合胃口，其余像是ddl前没写完的素材一把子提交了
0 有用 2025-01-31 13:21:10 湖北
还是值得推的
0 有用 Faceless Man 2025-01-01 21:36:54 黑龙江
不无聊。
0 有用 Ou_inzaghi 2025-01-11 12:28:20 广西
沉淀的烦躁