Damon Bell

ALTERED VISIONS EP

Meda Fury

MF1604

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Meda Fury Welcome Back Oakland Resident Damon Bell For Another Accomplished Ep Of Rugged Cosmic Grooves And Tribal Pressure. Bell Is Riding A Rich Wave Of Form With A Killer Recent Release On Don’t Be Afraid, And Even More Fire On The Burek Label, Not Forgetting His Impressive Debut Last Year On His Regular Home, The Mighty Deepblak - He’s A Proven Master At Fusing Afro-centric Rhythms, Rich Keys And Off-kilter Pads Into An Urgent And Contemporary Form Of House Music That Deftly Eschews Cliche. ‘akebu-lan’ Commences The Ritual With A Gospel Vocal Loop Over Pumping 808 Kicks And Tranced Out Swollen Pads, Giving Way To Ecstatic Fender Rhodes Chords And Climatic Piano, Reminiscent Of Robert Hood - Is This Bell S Fastest Bpm Track Yet? Loose/live Jazz Keys Riff Throughout ‘ether’ Creating A Warm Rich Miasma Of Sound Against The Distressed Percussive Gyrations And Sinister Drones. Hypnotic Synth Riffs Tumble Over The Powerful Drum-track In ‘altered Visions’ Creating A Deliciously Hypnotic Chug. Drawing The Ep To A Close, Deepblak And Pan Cohort African Sciences Joins Bell For The Sizzling ‘kinetic Energy’, A Sleazy, Skronking Cut Of Slurred Moog Bass And Atonally Pitched Toms Wrestling With Thumping Kicks And Whispered Vox Pummel The Listener