Dreaming EP - Timothy Clerkin (Insult To Injury)

 

Title: Dreaming EP 

Artist: Timothy Clerkin

Label: Insult To Injury£

Cat Number: ITI#020

Genre: “Rave Meatiness”

01: Dreaming

02: Tour de Trance

03: Jangala

04: Broken Wing

05: Dreaming (808 Mix)

06: Dreaming (Radio Edit)

07: Jangala (Radio Edit)

Breaking out of the rave polytunnel with a variety of frequencies to suit any temporary autonomous mood, the ‘Dreaming EP’ is a sophisticated piece of modern rave synthesis that never pushes the red, but plays within itself to stunning effect. It’s a little bit of a game of two halves though, with ‘Dreaming’ and ‘Jangala’ on one team, and ‘Tour de Trance’ and ‘Broken Wing’ on the other. The title track is perhaps the most upfront here, by virtue of its rousing hardcore synthesis of vocals and breakbeats topped off with wobbly squirty synths. ‘Jangala’ evokes ‘Pacific State’ in fragments, but has a meteoric velocity to it, unlike the more tranquil original. ‘Tour de Trance’ has ALFOS written all over it. It’s a chugtastic piece of space disco which is elegant in its simplicity, while ‘Broken Wing’ is a denser, slightly pacier track with a vocal that I feel could have been left in the shadows a little bit more. The ‘808 Mix’ of the title track synthesises the original at the expense of the breakbeats and turns the track into something texturally different, but no less effective. Proper post modern, cross-pollination tackle this.