u/AccurateAd7768

Was just thinking an XMAS beat tape would be great! Dungeon seem happy to put one out! Im thinking samples from Xmas songs/films or maybe a set sample pack but would be great to hear ideas!! I was thinking if making some stocking cassette slip cases! Can also do badges, maybe throw in some candy canes!

The opener broods a stillness before the storm. It gradually lets you know that something sinister is on the way. The klangy, post apocalyptic synth, followed by reversed drones keep a pulsating tension, the grinding industrial tone takes you to a dystopian future, with pitched down, minimal drums that evoke imagery of the t1000, on a mission to kill but stuck on a thick, sticky treacle like ground.

The album continues in a similar, yet evolving vain, with cinematic, cello like strings on ‘another moonlight’, blended with the electronic sounds of a post human evolution.

‘The other side’ is a fitting title that brings a nice mid point sense of hope that humans haven’t been eradicated. the piano adds a nostalgic, video game feel that took me back to early silent hill soundtracks. Some of the glitchy type drums mixed with the organic orchestral sounds evokes murcofs remembranza. An all time fave of mine.

As we reach the second half of the album, the fear of falling gives a sense that the cyborgs are fading, the track evolves into a melancholic, wistful Middle that comes back to what feels like the climax of human vs robot war. The closer ‘paper planes’ hints at a more traditional, trip hop type style song, particularly with the drums and how the snare/rim shot rings out. The album has been a real journey, that I thought would be a dark, twisted and sinister one! however it’s been a windy road, with ups and downs, leaving a bittersweet, hopeful and nostalgic longing. This album felt it belonged in the past, present and the future simultaneously. One thing is fore sure, it left me wanting more.