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"And The Sun Rose Out" EP

by Blacksmif

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Deerhunter 06:34
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M.A.N.D.Y. 07:07
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Training Day 06:20
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"absolutely flawed me... one of my favourite releases of the year so far... phenomenal..."
(Mary Anne Hobbs - Radio 1 / Xfm)

"a producer we think is destined for big things..."
(Goldierocks - NME Radio / 4Music)

There's a whole lot going on in the debut EP from Blacksmif, aka London's Yemi Olagbaiye. Across four tracks, he squashes in lush pads, sax solos, cut-up jazz drumming, Hoover bass, piano glissandi, skipping garage hi-hats and rimshots, down-pitched voices, etc. While it shares the moody inclinations of a lot of dubstep-not-dubstep since Burial, it's way busier than a lot of its brethren, preferring to come off as manic than merely polite—but it's a soft, opulent kind of chaos. You can hear an echo of Amon Tobin's influence, particularly in the churning drums of the title track and the walking bass of "Training Day"; Aphex Twin and Feed Me Weird Things-era Squarepusher both come to mind in "Deerhunter," with its majestic pads and breakneck breaks. "MANDY," an atmospheric garage tune at 140 BPM, manages to stake out a position between Flying Lotus and FaltyDL.

How well it all translates to the dance floor is a different question—awash in luxurious textures, the gauze sometimes obscures the not inconsiderable muscle. But you get the sense that the sunrise of the title is a reference to the period after the club's doors have closed, when the mind continues to race, unfettered by more narrowly "functional" concerns.

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released March 2, 2012

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"Incredibly strange & wonderful... Stunning... Absolutely phenomenal..."
(Mary Anne Hobbs - Radio 1 / Xfm)

"A producer that we think is destined for big things..."
(Goldierocks - NME Radio / Radio 1 / 4Music)

"...pure professionalism, delighting in the slickness of its own textures..."
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