Ostara Part Two - Upwellings (Mosaic Digital)

 

Title: Ostara Part Two

Artist: Upswellings

Label: Mosaic Digital

Cat Number: MOSAIC DTL04

Genre: Dub Techno

1: False Realities

2: Snow Dawn (Fletcher Revision)

3: Snow Dawn (Hidden Sequence’s Roots Dub)

4: Ostara (Owain K’s Skip n’ Dip Mix)

5: Ostara (MOOR Remix)

6: Ostara (El Choop Rework)

‘Ostara Part Two’ follows hot on the heels of last months premier portion and is a great excuse to give exposure to a raft of artists currently dipping their toes in the deep, placid dub techno waters. ‘False Realities’ is a wonderfully solemn way to begin proceedings, wrapping an almost beat less, depth charged emotive backdrop around an evocative spoken word sample, very much in the vein of Cabaret Voltaire’s ‘Low Cool’. Then we have ‘Snow Dawn’ and ‘Ostara’, both remixed from April’s outing. What I really like about these tracks is that they all offer something a little bit different from each other while having a dynamic approach. Fletcher’s Revision of ‘Snow Dawn’ is probably the most laid back, but it still packs an understated punch. At the other end of the beat spectrum we have El Choop’s rework of ‘Ostara’, which brings the pace built up over the preceding pieces to a nice head. Whether this is deliberate programming I don’t know, but it works. A great release in which every track stands out. Digital only on Bandcamp.