Mastered by Mastering Engineer Saif Bari
Sharrol Kelby - Annex (The Gradient Perspective)
Mastered by Mastering Engineer Saif Bari
https://fuxwithit.com/2020/10/09/premiere-sharrol-kelby-annex/
A protege of the one and only true bass music sensei and audio wizard Ill.Gates, Alec Smith, also known by Sharrol Kelby, aims to take the kings to the kingdom he acquired through the Producer Dojo and carve out his own audible legacy of greatness. Sitting on the more energetic side of left-field bass, his music focuses on experimental sound design that flexes sound systems in ways they didn’t know possible and stretches the limbs of listeners to their full capabilities. He’s found great success with releases like his remix of Terror Reid’s ‘Say No Mo‘, and a saucy original in the form of ‘S.L.A.N.G.‘ Now, he’s continued to put on full display a complex, distinct style, full of character and originality. With the world truly being his oyster, ‘Annex’, out on The Gradient Perspective, is his latest pearl, and we’ve had the great pleasure of premiering it for you right here on FUXWITHIT.
From the very opening, ‘Annex’ makes you fully aware you’re about to take a deep dive into the mind of this extremely talented audio curator. With sound design focusing on grainy, gritty, and immensely full-bodied undulations, this track is a true treat on the ears, and a natural rush for the body. Eliciting peak inquisitiveness, you hear a sci-fi tale play out between your headphones, and you’re the actor interpreting the script in real-time. Sporting an otherworldly amount of bounce and excitement in the drops, even the most fatigued of bodies will get up and groove. Ever wondered what a “running from the yeti in the Himalayan mountains” type beat would sound like? Look no further. We’ve gone past simply “gas” levels, Sharrol Kelby has achieved pure diesel. Check out ‘Annex’ in all its glory for yourself below!
-Alex Bell
Spiderhound - Chain Gang (Saucerdrum - Snack Attack Remix)
Track mastered by Saif Bari
Otherr - Floating Stones (MOZYK020)
Mastered by Mastering Engineer Saif Bari
Check out the video for “Gravity Womb” below:
Otherr arrives on Mozyk.net with his brand new album, Floating Stones. He has expertly woven an intriguing sonic tale, captivating in it’s simplicity, yet of a depth that begs a return to it’s passages many times to discover all of the hidden chambers that are immediately concealed. A story designed to enchant and reward the avid listener with morsels of sonic lore that offers an in depth look into the world that Otherr has created.
Right from the onset of Suspended you know you are in for a lavish aural experience as you are greeted with warm enveloping synths and swirling vocal chants, almost dizzying, and reminiscent of a dark ritual. Continuing to build a beautiful tension until dropping into the more percussive driven Offering with it’s perfectly delayed intro, cyber-industrial beats and floating gated voice manipulations.
As the title track Floating Stones begins, it brings a particular EBM overtone, yet utilized in such way as to confer a feeling of “techno-tribalism”, and continuing on with the hyper-processed vocal chant aesthetic, which is quite prevalent throughout the entire release. Agnostic Swarm features some very unique sound design that warms you up for the industrial Amen drop that eventually rises out of the sea of voice stabs and pulsing bass. The journey continues to the little interlude of Light Switch, arp bass running away under chopped voices until reaching the more low end focused Sibyl.
Sibyl harkens back to an early/mid 90’s jungle vibe, gritty and raw, but processed in a modern package with a touch of 303 thrown in for good measure. A lovely precursor for Deimos, bringing the sound back to it’s sci-fi industrial roots; lovely spatial details meets and an almost haunted urban feeling that you can’t quite place. Gravity Womb introduces a more delicate side of Otherr; idm structures blurring with fragile melodies and cybernetic edits, yet still keeping a raw edge.
Rounding the final stretch, Disowned enters the airwaves with 3D textures and subtle moving spaces. Pushing the vibe deep into more IDM territory, the detailed sound design really shines through with pleasant attention to details and and immersive sound stage. Picking you up and dropping you off at Amen, the final stop. An emotional cool down to the intensity of the preceding experience, elegant washes of noise over peaceful pulses of bass and melody that almost makes you forget the dark and immersive experience you just went through to get to this point. Almost.
Ear Candy 2020 (https://earcandyarchives.tumblr.com/post/632539140521705472/artist-otherr-release-floating-stones-label)
Overall Comments:
Otherr has spared no detail in this deeply immersive, future tribal cyber-industrial opus. Floating Stones is an exploration of a peculiar sonic playground somewhere on a distant alien world. One constructed of very detailed sound design, rich and unusual processing meeting with driving, science fiction beats and lush cinematic textures to form an otherr-worldly mind melting aural excursion.
DRANQ - Juniper (STRTEP083) [Saturate Records]
Music by
DRANQ soundcloud.com/dranq
Featuring
DUSTY OHMS soundcloud.com/dustyohms
Remixes by
TITLE soundcloud.com/titlemusic87
BOATS soundcloud.com/boatsmusic
MANA soundcloud.com/manamagic
Mastering by Mastering Engineer Saif Bari
Artwork by Thomas Wahle
Spiderhound - What You Want
Mastered by Mastering Engineer Saif Bari
Art by Jesse Edelman
Spekt1 - Flowery Combat EP (We Got This Music)
Mastered by Mastering Engineer Saif Bari
Kid Kun - All Day / One Reborn (Sound Musuem)
Mastered by Mastering Engineer Saif Bari
B1 - Wild Times
Mastered by Mastering Engineer Saif Bari
Orangekhemist - Deep Goop (Ft. Zone Drums) [Lysergia Art Collective]
Mastered by Mastering Engineer Saif Bari
Artwork by bill.bee