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CURRENT VALUE returns to OTHERCIDE RECORDS for the release of his FAR LAYER EP, which displays the furthest expanses of his sonic realm in true devotion to its title. With his past on OTHERCIDE RECORDS marked by 2016’s Rethink EP, CURRENT VALUE’s recent efforts have seen releases on labels such as Blackout, Invisible, &
Recordings. Now returning to OTHERCIDE RECORDS, CURRENT VALUE debuts a four track EP that carries his aberrantly innovative sound further onwards to new boundaries.
DISPELLING FEAR opens the EP with reverent string swells that soar alongside a ethereal vocal before diving at full force into the track’s torrential drumbeat. Within, they are twisted and warped by the volatile harmonic environment within into surging basslines and oscillating highs in equal measure. The titular FAR LAYER immediately discards with any semblance of convention, opting instead to create a an idyllic sonic landscape that hangs effortlessly in the air. Driven by a delicate piano arpeggio, the track swells calmly to a lush crescendo before fading into nothingness with similar grace. Following such a melodic interlude, FERROMAGNETIC provides harsh metallic textures which create an exercise in contrast, wrapped tightly around the track’s pulverizing drums for a devastating mechanical fusion. The EP then closes with PHOTOELECTRIC, which doubles down on the distortion of its predecessor with its dissonant bell tones and shredded bassline ending the look into CURRENT VALUE’s FAR LAYER with a decisive tone.
FAR LAYER thus explores a diverse range of sonic environments, from its most beautiful melodics to its most visceral basslines all of which are unified by the technical precision and otherworldly tones of CURRENT VALUE as they transmit via OTHERCIDE RECORDS.
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DROPTEK releases his debut full-length album on KORSAKOV MUSIC with the SYMBIOSIS LP, a massive 18-track effort spanning a wide range of sonic textures infused with the signature DROPTEK sound. With past releases spearheading the drum & bass sound on the genre spanning electronic label Monstercat, SYMBIOSIS marks a first for both DROPTEK & KORSAKOV MUSIC as the first LP in each catalog. Within, DROPTEK touches on multiple styles of drum & bass, spanning from dark & devious halftime, powerful dancefloor, & rushing neruofunk beats marked by his innovative approach to production.
The tone for SYMBIOSIS is quickly set by the sprawling cinematic sounds of the EXPANSE, which rise smoothly into the fast paced & frantic realm of SCIENCE. Halftime sounds abound further in on tracks such as REVOLVER, which stretches an electrified bassline over its brutal beat amongst a constant flurry of arpeggios. The titular SYMBIOSIS drops into a dark and brooding groove punctuated by the sharp stabs of a harshly distorted saw bass. Melodic elements then take the focus within ILLUSIONS at the albums midpoint, featuring the vocals of HOLLY DRUMMOND atop the gliding sweeps of its bassline & flowing drums. COMPLY takes the form of a roaring dancefloor banger, complete with flourishes of rapid percussion atop its driving bassline. Finally, the album closes in an echo of its beginning with the once more cinematic track THE SPIRE, which fades into a mysterious & anticipatory nothingness in its final moments.
With SYMBIOSIS, DROPTEK combines with KORSAKOV MUSIC on a release that compliments both entities as champions of experimental and wide ranging Drum & Bass sounds alike. The result is an larger than life 18 track LP that could be delivered by no other, containing tracks fit for bustling club spaces that still ripple with experimental energy.
