20-12-2009, 23:14
Joker - Digidesign from Digidesign / You Don't Know What Love Is [Hyperdub, 2009]
Quote:..."Digidesign" as the new Bristol beat: nostalgic, swashbuckling, madcap, almost anti-somber, but still reliant on the brunt of trembling bass and synths. Or we could talk about Hyperdub's knack for keying in on zeitgeist-tilting obscurities, with Joker as a photonegative of the preoccupied, vulnerable Burial. But we'd be obsolete in about five minutes-- this music is exciting because of its rapid mutation. Besides, wondering what "Digidesign" means for dubstep is like wondering what a nuclear bomb means for physics: It seems rather beside the point while it's going off.- #19 on Pitchfork's Top 100 Tracks of 2009