Posts Tagged with 'Maulin'

Midlands based Lakosa is set to release his debut “12 for Shifting Peaks, with remixes from Mau’lin and West Norwood Cassette Library . The interestingly entitled Nubian Minds, (Nubia is an ancient African civilisation). The track’s characteristic vocal monologue rhythmically calls up names of (from Malcom X to Luke Skywalker) in a manor reminiscent of, but (more serious and vibe creating than) ‘teacher’s by Daft Punk, guiding and enjoining a variety of different ideas and influences. The drum pattern/groove is a broken synopation reminiscent of 2 step garage, but as this loops around and is enveloped in the simplistic deep synths and warm sub revolutions a tangiable tech house sound emerges. A Personal highlight is a stratospheric driving midsection where the vocal fades and delays away and the warm synth into the ether, the warm synths stop and the track is stripped down to beats, raw sub and a an erratically panned clicky woodblock pattern which give the track a moment of blunt techno toughness…

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