DontjusttalkaboutitbeAboutIt - JAI.MAHL (Midnight Shift)

Title: #DontjusttalkaboutitbeAboutIt

Artist: JAI/MAHL

Label: Midnight Shift

Cat Number: MNSX012

Genre: Techno

A1: #dARE2mATTER

A2: #ICU

B1: #UWILLNOT

B2: # DontjusttalkaboutitbeAboutIt

The urgency and ambience that runs throughout this release is its most distinguishing characteristic. The track names help, and evoke Prince, but it’s all about the music which is dense, at times claustrophobic, and full of rhythm and soul. If there is cause for criticism it’s with ‘#UWILLNOT’ which although coherent, does feel a little overdone. ‘#ICU’ on the other hand, iwith its discordant swirls of dark sonic matter, is a masterpiece. Both ‘#dARE2mATTER’ and ‘# DontjusttalkaboutitbeAboutIt’ bookend a package which attempts the melding of the abstract within levels of cantilevered, collateral damage, all of which falls into place rather splendidly, in spite of itself. This package feels conservative for Jamal Moss, but it’s still light years ahead of most.

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