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Mahom: Fell In

France is the new home of Dub. So many are created here (at least it feels like) Dub-Productions like nowhere else in the world. The French button-makers maintain a rather traditional style, as if they had received the baton from the British. In the front field run Antoine and Joris, who have been named Mahom since 2011, four Dub- Have released albums. Your latest work is "fur in“(Flower Coast) and presents 12 clean Dub-Tracks. The sound consists of pure electronics, is quite reduced - but powerful bass. The rhythms roll slowly and tenaciously out of the loudspeakers, are sometimes supported by a little singing and otherwise rely on the motto: "Less is more". Associations with house or world music - or even dup poetry - are awakened via samples. My favorite: “The Big Empty”, a quiet piece that inevitably makes me think of Dreadzone. Particularly beguiling is the melancholy text, spoken by Lisoun in a low voice, about her frustrations and longings. Fits well with Dub. The album stands by Bandcamp available for free download.

3 replies to "Mahom: Fell In"

"The sound consists of pure electronics, is quite reduced - but with a powerful bass."

.... pure electronics ……. quite reduced …… that's exactly what probably won't reach me.

It's not really bad but I don't mind if it only appears as a download. Runs, if at all, only under "also ran".

DUB can do more! …………………. lemmi

Hi Lemmi,
Your recommendation from Celt Islam is exactly that: electronics and bass.

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Hehe, that's exactly what I've been waiting for, or it would have been worth asking me.

With Celt Islam I find it very difficult to see that. It is almost impossible for me to say with certainty whether, for example, the bass is plucked or clicked on Celt Islam. The oriental instruments also sound very real to me. Which may be because I haven't heard or seen many of these instruments live. Most importantly, Celt Islam is not minimalist. At least not what I know. The "instrumentation" or the many small melodies of the "guitars", the spherical sounds from the synthesizer (s), the percussions and, last but not least, the sometimes fantastic basslines just sparkle with fantasy and joy in playing in harmony with wit and musical spirituality.
In contrast, I feel Mahom, Desciples and the like like dry crispbread.
These minimalists already existed in techno, but even there I couldn't start with minimalism.
But if Celt Islam is actually 100% (on / off - music), then it has computers Dub I finally found a happy ending for me too.
I will probably never be able to summarize all aspects conclusively or definitely for myself. There are always exceptions to the rule. For example a Dub the 100% hand-played is completely boring because the groove and / or the atmosphere don't suit me. 100% computer style can also hit my nerve exactly, but that would only be the exception to the rule.
It would also be interesting for me to clarify whether Celt Islam was mixed in analog. If that was only sent through a “PowerOnOff”, I must continue to reflect on my “arrogance” towards computer music.
In the end, I'm just trying to describe why I like this or that, or why I don't like it. And Mahom has just set its Pro Tools too much - for my taste - to "center jet". Sounds very sterile. Central jet is only suitable - if at all - for external use. Is nothing for oral use. Celt Islam is bursting with joie de vivre. The balance between “chemistry” and “naturopathy” suits me very well.
Oh, but I can still think of something. Although I am not a musician myself, I am very into the many different instruments that exist in the most remote parts of the world.
There are again exceptions. For example these Indian "Wuwuselas", with which one enchants the snakes there, are in my opinion unsuitable for the human ear. And luckily, snakes are deaf too ;-) …… But if all these magical instruments are to be replaced with a simple mouse click, it makes me sad.

So, I think I have it now ....................................................... lemmi

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