J Tijn

Shy / MOR

Bedouin Records

BDN005

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This Release Captures Kicks, Rhythms, And Snares—only To Drag Them Kicking And Screaming Into A Metallic Underworld. In J. Tijn’s Echo-sphere, There Are Only Allusions To The Status Quo Of Sound And Beats, And Never A Full-fledged Embrace Of The Conventional. On Side A’s “kanon V.i.p.” A Grizzly Digital War Is Left To Play Out Between Both Kick And Snare, With Grainy Battle Lines Drawn Around Upbeat And Downbeat. Survivors Of The Conflict Are Rewarded With A Groove Reminiscent Of Grime, If Only The Genre Had Been Reborn In A Dystopian Future. Side B Opens With A Roughneck Beat On “mor” Before Turning Its Hand Into A Fist And Effectively Destroying Its Own Image. The Groove Lives Through This Barrage Of Sound, But As A Heavy And Dark Undercurrent Just Strong Enough To Remind You Where J.tijn’s Roots Are. “shy” Lures You In With A Rounded Electro Kick, Before Glutting The Rhythm And Ushering In A Wall Of Sound. A Snowstorm Of Screaming Drum Samples Proceed To Surround You: You May Have Been Here Before, But You Are Somewhere Rhythmically Unseen. Embedded In All Of These Tracks Are Perhaps A Sign Of The Times: The Things That Used To Be Seen As Normal Have Now Changed And Mutated.