Bundling together his debut album with the mixtape that first brought him attention, Dream 727 will leave you in no doubt as to Suicideyear’s style. Essentially it’s the rhythms of trap music (the ubiquitous strain of hip-hop that originated in Atlanta) overlaid with spacious, minimal electronics. There’s nothing revolutionary about this combination, it’s a seam that has been mined by A$AP Rocky producer Clams Casino among others, but here the practice is refined, with obvious craft applied to every detail and a resulting sound that is both rich and broad. The mixtape, Japan, leans more heavily towards the hip-hop side of things and could conceivably be a compilation of instrumentals. The album, meanwhile, is slower, looser, more a collection of ambient techno. Suicideyear (perhaps not surprisingly, given the name) says that Remembrance came out of emotional turmoil, and among the chimes of Hope Building A and the icy chords of Savior, an underlying melancholy is clearly audible. Ultimately, however, the substance never quite trumps the style, and just as the music drifts, so might your attention over the course of thes 90 minutes.
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by Paul MacInnes via Electronic music | The Guardian
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