Title: First Contact
Artist: Volruptus
Label: bbbbbb
Cat Number: BBBLP002
Genre: Electro
A1: Tapetum Lucidum
A2: We Are The Cyborgs
A3: TOP 20 FACTS You Didn't Know About ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS
B1: Chicxulub Space Rock
B2: Butt Shakin’ Freaks
B3: Top 10 BIZARRE Discoveries Science STILL Can’t Explain . . .
C1: First Contact
C2: Fotafimi
C3: Juggernaut Cosmonaut
D1: Hyperbola
D2: Man In The moon
D3: Algorithm Society
Day three of lockdown. Absolutely knackered from a combination of online work, relative physical activity and starting the day with a fast 5km run that tired me out from 8am. Thankfully, in my hour of need, this masterwork from Volruptus gently beckoned me back to my desk, to fill my brain and body with beats. I like it when albums are as unashamedly upfront as this one is. There’s no pretence, and nowhere to hide. You dance or you don’t. It’s a selection of sound tracks to a world that has lost its balance. The dominant motif is electro, but this is just one piece of the juxtaposed whole. The compositions are sharply produced and have great range and power. The understated title track, with its universal sonic sweep is my favourite right now, but it won't be tomorrow. It might be the compressed, digeridoo-inspired muddy funk of ‘Tapetum Lucidum’, or the unrestrained, panic-inducing ‘Chicxulub Space Rock’. Your wasting your time if you aren’t playing this one loud form start to finish. A superb colligation of the polished and the primitive. It’s tomorrow’s soundtrack to more confinement.
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