Showing posts with label quoit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quoit. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Quoit - Properties (2001)

Here's one more album by Quoit. The familiar drum and bass-formula of the first full length has been refined even more, and out comes an album that is almost surgically stripped down to the bare necessities: drum and bass.

Like on the previous Quoit album, Harris once again dishes out enough low end and subzero bass frequencies to rupture holes into the space-time continuum. The second key aspect of this album is the thing which many artists, in any possible genre, are missing: atmosphere. The ambience and mood is reminiscent of his work with Lull, with harsh breakbeats and drilling bass layered on top.

If you happened to like the previous Quoit-album I featured, you know what you're in for. The sound is cleaned up even more, it's almost clinical in purity at times.

Those who are still struggling with the term drum and bass, give it a chance. I think this swirling mass of chaotic and mixed up rhythms, harsh and distorted beats, is purity at it's finest. This really doesn't give your eardrums much of a rest at any point, it's an sonic onslaught at all times. Be prepared for the audio artillery attacking you from every possible direction, drilling it's way into your brain with a barrage of noises and beats.

Mr. Harris, whatever you put your paws on, you never seem to disappoint. Try it, feel it, love it.

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Friday, April 23, 2010

Quoit - Lounge (1996)

Boys and girls, it's time to feel the love again. Just in time for the weekend, here's our dear Mick Harris unleashing one of the true masterpieces of drum and bass.

Don't worry, though. If you don't want positive vibes with your music, that's pretty much been stripped away here. Heavy drum and bass beats with isolationist soundscapes floating all around you. Very atmospheric!

The album features eight tracks, with a total running time of just under sixty minutes. Before you decide listen to this, heed a word of warning: The deep end on this album is HUGE. No kidding, the bass is somewhere really down and out there. Hope you enjoy!

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