Title: Blue Moon
Artist: Brendon Moeller
Label: ESP Institute
Cat Number: ESP125
Genre: Meditations
A1: Deep Blue
A2: Feast
A3: Vibrations
B1: Depth Charge
B2: Ruins
B3: Signals
Dub is a fuzzy musical nether region. There are those who consider it a genre in itself. However, it’s another sonic take; something that renders something previously concrete through the somnolent looking glass. And it is Brendon Moeller’s speciality, of that there is no doubt. These 6 tracks for Lovefinger’s ESP Institute, however; although awash with the type of low key kinaesthetic triggers he is known for, have skeletons fashioned from break beats of varying intensity, which serve to blend with the pervasive atmospherics to coalesce in deep, ambient percussive workouts. Like any exercise in the art of dub, these compositions demand repeated listening in order to uncover elements missed on previous forays. Sometimes the beats are denser, sometimes they fall apart. And, although listening to the whole release end-to-end can feel like an exercise in repetition, that’s where the necessary patience to scrutinise the detail comes in handy.
