Ladies and gentlemen, prepare your ears for a journey unlike any other.
Congorock comes the Fool's Gold camp, that is to say, electro, electro-tinged hip-hop, acid house, and any combination of said sounds. His debut EP was a warped, dissonant workout of latex basslines and head-banging keyboard riffs. However, the true beauty of this debut single, "Runark", lies in the Jokers of the Scene remix.
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The track begins simply enough; spacey, echoing synths set the cut in surreal, ambient atmosphere before they are joined by a colossal power-house of a kick that jars rhythm and foundation into the track, before the crisp, sharp claps further build the rhythm and the beautifully, oddly harmonic and atmospheric synth riffs quiver from underneath the muck of the track, slowly emerging into full-on majestic house glory. Around two minutes in, the acid squelches begin, buzzsaw synths that shake, shatter, and grind your ears against the cataclysmic synths and bass, while the entire track seems to ebb and flow with the buzzes and the hisses of the synths and the bassline. Once again, the track grows slowly, the synth lines again crawling out of the mist, as radiant and wonderfully complimentary as ever. At about four minutes, the buzzsaw bassline is brought to the forefront, and in typical JOTS style, the B-more club juke drum sound is brought in against a cut-up vocal sample, and the synths emerge yet again, for a final bow, snaking and circling the vocals and bass infinitely in a marriage of the warped, off-kilter, rhythmic, and tragically majestic. Things you wouldn't think go together can sometimes surprise you, and this track is the musical equivalent to peanut butter and pickle sandwiches. The peak of the track drags out of the drums and caresses the beginning acidic pads over the beefy layer of bass and synths before letting only the pads fad into the ether form whence they came...
The beauty of this track is the atmosphere it creates, filling sonic holes with so much, yet the track doesn't sound overdone or overflowing. It roars, prances, ripples, buzzes, and everything in between. An amazing track and remix that plays dance music and head music with equal rapport and skill. A true classic in every sense of the word, and definitely one of my favorite cuts of all-time.
More single reviews comin' your way. Stay tuned.
-NL
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