VA - Ascension Vol. 3
- 1Mulholland - Skab_t
- 2Mercy System - Pressure Changes
- 3Flaty - Moth
- 4Oyubi - ALEXDUB
- 5Warzou - Phantom Currency
- 6NirBorna - Antenna Helix
- 7Young Muscle - Hard Rain Falling
- 8noRecall - 972024 (Bird Sounds)
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Iggy Dope’s EtherwerkZ label continues its higher assembly of bass futurists with the third Ascension compilation. Volume 3 scours the globe to find Mulholland, Mercy System, Flaty, Oyubi ,Warzou, NirBorna, Young Muscle and noRecall in finest form, cross-examining variations on the theme of broken club rhythms and meticulous
sound design.
Mulholland opens with the whirling psychedelic chug of Skab_t, gurgling wry with the faintest dembow touch. Manchester’s Mercy System goes deeper with Pressure Changes, cloaking a neatly sound designed redux of hardcore inclinations with a gentle bruk’d rhythm and light dub touch. Moscow’s Flaty goes proper wayward with Moth, a chromatic stepper that wobbles weird into the furthest lucid interzones. Tokyo’s Oyubi swings a disassociated 2-step lurch on ALEXDUB, locked-in to its hypnotic core. Lyon’s Warzou bounces looser with Phantom Currency, a tight LFO’d jaunt of ghoulish dynamics. Tokyo calls again with NirBorna, Antenna Helix’s sleek broken beat building taut around skittering drums and atonal melodies. Detroit’s Young Muscle goes large with the industrial-sized breaks of Hard Rain Falling, an ever-evolving kinetic bass romp through the tough and pump. Seattle’s noRecall snarls quicker with 972024, a mutant half time future-shock of alien textures that typifies the feeling present throughout
Ascension Vol. 3’s duration; one of an upward trajectory in motion through experimental sound but certified sub-club feeling.
Mastered by Matthias Girardi www.instagram.com/weightausend/
(Mercy System - Pressure Changes mastered by Nurve)
Artwork by Annex www.instagram.com/annexmarrie/
Press Release by Nevan Jio www.instagram.com/nevanjio/
sound design.
Mulholland opens with the whirling psychedelic chug of Skab_t, gurgling wry with the faintest dembow touch. Manchester’s Mercy System goes deeper with Pressure Changes, cloaking a neatly sound designed redux of hardcore inclinations with a gentle bruk’d rhythm and light dub touch. Moscow’s Flaty goes proper wayward with Moth, a chromatic stepper that wobbles weird into the furthest lucid interzones. Tokyo’s Oyubi swings a disassociated 2-step lurch on ALEXDUB, locked-in to its hypnotic core. Lyon’s Warzou bounces looser with Phantom Currency, a tight LFO’d jaunt of ghoulish dynamics. Tokyo calls again with NirBorna, Antenna Helix’s sleek broken beat building taut around skittering drums and atonal melodies. Detroit’s Young Muscle goes large with the industrial-sized breaks of Hard Rain Falling, an ever-evolving kinetic bass romp through the tough and pump. Seattle’s noRecall snarls quicker with 972024, a mutant half time future-shock of alien textures that typifies the feeling present throughout
Ascension Vol. 3’s duration; one of an upward trajectory in motion through experimental sound but certified sub-club feeling.
Mastered by Matthias Girardi www.instagram.com/weightausend/
(Mercy System - Pressure Changes mastered by Nurve)
Artwork by Annex www.instagram.com/annexmarrie/
Press Release by Nevan Jio www.instagram.com/nevanjio/
