FUTURE DAWN

(12")
The ever-prolific and versatile Ian Martin delivers a very solid four tracker for Nijmegen's finest Shipwrec. A cinematic but surprisingly subtle take on dirty brown The Hague electro. We dig it!
Genre Electronic & Dance
StyleTechno, Breaks
FormatVINYL
Cat. noSHIP072
Label SHIPWREC
Artist IAN MARTIN
Release Date08/03/2024
Carrier12"
Tracklisting
FUTURE DAWN
vinyl Album or track playing
Cosmic Garden opens. A piece that blurs genre lines; soft synth-lines are coupled with ruffled rhythms that immerse the listener in gentle orchestral ebbs and flows. Sounds of isolation introduce Future Dawn, modulations reaching over an ever-widening expanse before strings descend. Drums arrive late in this atmospheric journey, one that pulses with a primal energy while conjuring vivid images. The ominously titled Dead Calm opens the flip. Soundtracks have always been an inspiration for Martin and the scores of the silver screen are at the forefront of this work. Brittle beat patterns are the bedrock on which melodies whirl - a bitter acid bass bubbling as tension builds to paranoic peaks. Darker skies loom with the marine chop of Phantom Machine finishing. A flotsam and jetsam of hi hats swirl in the liquid undulations of distorted bass and aquatic echoes, rougher rusted rhythms providing ballast to the eddies and maelstrom of Martin's machines.