Mar 01, 2010
dEbruit
Spatio Temporel EP
Civil Music
Look at electronic music around you. Thanks to the unrelenting evolution of bass music and the similar development of its drunken, off kilter hip-hop cousin, we’re now living in an era where artists, deejays and producers have looked genre separation in the eye, and defiantly told it to beat it.
Hey, it’s not a bad thing. dEbruit – who hails from France but now resides right here in sunny London – is a bold addition to the bass revolution, and his ‘Spatio Temporel’ EP bustles with a plethora of vibrant, colourful styles. It’s four tracks of globetrotting flavour, and the only things that glue the EP together into a coherent whole are the bass and the beats. Which are both stellar.
It’s easy to pigeonhole the French beatsmith upon hearing the EP’s opening joint ‘K.O. Debout’; the auto tuned vocals, the disjointed yet snappy drums, the pleasantly surprising injection of that warm warb warb that’s just intrinsically dubstep. This guy, you think, is dope. But is it really that different to what we’ve heard from the likes of Onra, Prefuse 73, Madlib and Flying Lotus?
Actually, it is. For two reasons. First, dEbruit is all about his live synthesizers, and it’s these lovingly played electronic sounds that give the EP its warmth and future funk charm. Second, is the Frenchman’s vast range of musical influences from around the world. ‘Spatio Temporal’ deftly bumps you on an aural journey through African Yoruba, Nigerian Highlife, Persian funk, good old L.A. hip-hop and of course, London born and bred dubstep. It’s inimitable. Regardless of what you want to call dEbruit’s brand of music, there’s no denying one thing: it’s got the beats to make your dome piece freak.
The 'Spatio Temporel' EP is out now on Civil Music.
