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King Midas Sound (Hyperdub)
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7 Dec 2009
There’s a reason the term trip-hop is barely uttered anymore: the downtempo, 1990s-era sound – initially experimental and moddy – soon evolved into kind of sonic wallpaper more appropriate for mall shopping than post-clubbing comedowns. There was, however, a strain of trip-hop – exemplified by the work of producers like Journeyman and Danish trio the Prunes – that never entered the realm of easy listening, and held on to its dark, ominous aura like a vulture gripping its carrion. Waiting for You, the debut album from King Midas Sound, could be considered the dubstep-influenced descendent of that lineage; it’s a hazy, haunting and sometimes harrowing soundtrack to the coming end times.
Bruce Tantum
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