Title: Inertia EP
Artist: Black Cadmium
Label: Transient Nature
Cat Number: TN003
Genre: Techno
1: Gold
2: Inertia
3: Imaginary
4: Lady D
It’s fair to say that Black Cadmium have forged their own sound and that this sound, while still in its infancy, already sounds polished and assured. For the sake of argument I’m still going to call it techno but, as the press release sayeth, there are “grimy UK sounds” as well. The synchronisation of two of the most futuristic sounds currently surfing the air waves is never more fully realised as on ‘Imaginary’, which mesmerises on the strength of an undulating drone, claps and a kick which sounds like my heart after a 10k run. The title track is perhaps the least abstract piece here, but maybe the most effective, having a tribal, incantatory feel that is difficult to resist. Both ‘Gold’ and ‘Lady D’ are more melodically urgent and impatient, each making use of spectral synth swathes underpinned by pacey lower end. It doesn’t necessarily sink in first time around, but you’ll get it eventually.
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