 Dabrye
"One/Three" CDR
Ghostly
International
Genres: nouveau hip-hop, clip-hop, idm
Ghostly Int'l
322 S. State St #4
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
USA
Sep 9 - 15 2002 |
It
takes someone with an insanely great sense of beat to create songs
like those heard on One/Three, yet any ordinary fool is able to enjoy
them. Funny, isn't it?
Dabrye is the newest young face on the nouveau hip-hop scene, and he's
certainly been making splashes in the genre's proverbial puddle. Loose
yet complex, Dabrye's work could perhaps be better called clip-hop, as
he seamlessly manages to blend IDM's intelligent maturity with the
regular booty-shaking rhythms of hip-hop. But don't think the
inclusion of some IDM elements will deem this restrained and boring;
in fact, One/Three is whole truckloads of fun - that album that can
get you're toe-tapping every time, even if you're trying to remain
perfectly still.
Every one of Dabrye's songs are perfectly arranged; each one uses
only a bass line, a beat, and a bit of melody, except everything is
twisted and contorted in every way imaginable, so it always manages to
remain fresh. It's crazy - Dabrye will have you going ba-da ba-da
ba-da da-da, ba-da ba-da ba-da da-da over and over, but will then, all
of the sudden, just jump into da-da-da ba-da-ba-ba d-d-d-da ba-da and
you're brain will be all "WHAT?" but you'll body will just
keep moving along, on and on. "With a Professional", for
example, sets a laidback beat, yet constantly curves the track this
way and that, still managing to keep the flow intact. Meanwhile,
"The Lish" poses a fantastic, jazzy melody with the beat,
"So Scientific" is a funky stop-start bounce track, and
"I'm Missing You" is a smooth, spacey orchestra of beats.
One/Three isn't for any specific type of person; it isn't solely
for nouveau hip-hop fans, it isn't only reserved for IDM purists. It's
for everyone. It's a genre-defining classic. Too bad I only heard it
this year, otherwise it would have certainly been on 2001's top-ten
list.
Fantastic. Insanely fantastic. You'll feel cool listening to this.
92%
Matt Shimmer [Vitals:
35 min 11 sec; 10 tracks; distributed by Forced
Exposure;
released 2001] |
