The Bristol producer reconnects together with his drum & bass beginnings and formative rave experiences throughout his first album underneath the Eli Brown alias.
For Eli Brown, his debut album arrives with significantly greater than an extraordinary debut’s price of historical past.
Earlier than establishing himself in techno, the Bristol producer made his title in drum & bass as Xample and one half of Loadstar. His newest providing, Panic Assault, brings these chapters into dialog throughout 14 tracks, tracing the influences behind an identification he first started constructing again in 2016.
“It’s a chance for me to showcase a much wider facet to my productions and musical tastes,” Brown mentioned in a press launch shared with EDM.com.
On the opening title monitor, Brown takes us contained in the rave earlier than letting the music do the speaking. A spoken monologue describes strobes and lasers chopping by smoke, set towards heat synth pads and a driving, trance-like kick. The panic assault of its title turns into a launch of ache, capturing the unusual reduction of getting misplaced within the noise.
Among the many undertaking’s beforehand launched singles, ‘Electrify,’ attracts on the emotional launch of ’90s trance, a connection Brown has described by the end-of-night impulse to hug your mates. Conversely, ‘Stepback’ takes a extra confrontational route towards the identical escape with its acid-tinged synths and snappy vocals.
Brown’s collaboration with Dimension, ‘Frequency,’ makes the connection between previous and current particularly clear, shifting from driving techno into drum & bass. Equally, ‘Badman Riddim,’ that includes IRAH, reaches again to Brown’s formative experiences in Bristol, the place the style first drew him into rave tradition. In the meantime, the album’s closing monitor ‘Encompass Me’ provides Brown’s imaginative and prescient of give up a becoming closing expression, constructing from light piano into an enveloping, synth-driven rush.
You’ll find Eli Brown’s debut album Panic Assault accessible on streaming providers right here.
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