Any dancehall latecomer will tell you that the freshest music nowadays comes from the dubstep front – and you won't be fooled by that remark. The more assertive enthusiast, however, will probably point out that there's a sub-genre in dub that came about more than a decade before the dawning of acts like Burial or Kode9. The epicenter of this more digital take on dub – and then of dubstep itself – was Europe and, most notably, London.
The aforementioned post-dancehall style has had a great influence on the shaping of Kush Arora's sound, as had bhangra, a Southeast Asian phenomenon that is exotic and popular in equal parts. The San Francisco-based producer and remixer now returns with his fourth title, "The Dread Bass Chronicles", which opens a brand new chapter in heavy dubstep served with a deep dancehall-flavored bass.
Each track features a killer guest including MC Zulu, Bongo Chilli, N4SA and, of course, Warrior Queen. She had already appeared on last year's most innovative album, "London Zoo" by The Bug, and this time around she lays her incendiary vocals on the doped-out opener "Making Money". MC Zulu then takes a more futuristic dive into the digital unknown with "Lose Control", only to return later on more abrasive numbers like "Poison Pill" and "11th Hour Escape".
These chronicles wisely bite on Eurasian traditional sediments to expand the contemporary canvases of today's music, producing a hybrid of dub, industrial and dancehall for the new millennium. This tendency to agglomerate different ambiances is mostly perceived on cuts like "Come From Yard", featuring Juakali, where you first hear what sounds like the sea and then are bombarded by techno-friendly detritus.
Kush Arora's latest is thus a great way to take a glimpse of a fast-approaching future while keeping an ear to the background noise that paved the way to the point where you stand. And it does so by carefully gluing both ends together, and centrifuging all elements with accurate speed and expertise. "The Dread Bass Chronicles" are like the rising sun emerging from the glowing horizon but still keeping layers of darkness around. The future is both menacing and exciting, the future begins now. Welcome to the future!
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