Symbols & Instruments was an early collaboration between Derrick Carter, Mark Farina and Chris Naazuka. And, although they only released once, on Kevin Sauderson’s KMS, it’s amazing they didn’t do more. Derrick Carter went on to become arguably the greatest ever to get behind the decks, with Mark Farina on a par. Chris Nazuka meanwhile was behind some very specific and notable releases, both under his own name and collaborating with Carter on a number of occasions as Rednail (Kidz) and Shock Therapy, to name but two. The sound design of this track, indeed the whole release, is incredibly rich and deep and, like a lot of Carter’s later releases, seems to straddle a house/techno/ambient netherworld into which almost anything can be sonically decanted. There are strong hallucinogenic overtones throughout, and at times the tune feels like the industrial outpourings of the midwest set to music. Slightly more techno than house? A moot point. It’s just a wonderfully detailed piece of music that coalesces often enough to rein in its many abstract elements into a coherent, jacking behemoth.
No comments:
Post a Comment