Jon Convex - Losing Time

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  • Both members of Instra:mental have been prolific since the celebrated d&b duo disbanded last year. Alex Green has explored tough analogue territory as Boddika, while Damon Kirkham has been carving out a slowed-down techno/electro niche as Jon Convex. This is the second Jon Convex release since the sci-fi-tinged electro of last year's Idoru, and it largely picks up where that album left off. "Losing Time" is a pleasingly streamlined electro groover, with eerie, disembodied vocal samples bouncing off a core of thwacking kicks and hats. Upping the ante further is "TX," a pounding slab of dread-techno anchored by taut yet elastic drums, loose hats and great arcs of bass. Remixes of "TX" come courtesy of dBridge and Civil Music newcomer Ore. At four minutes the former's rework is relatively succinct and dials the original's speed and aggression down, settling on a contemplative, bass drum-driven chug. Ore's remix, by contrast, starts out as an echoing, atmospheric work-out, morphs into a warehouse-ready banger, and then comes full circle, fading into a fuzz of distant industrial clangs.
  • Tracklist
      A1 Losing Time A2 TX (Ore Remix) B1 TX B2 TX (dBridge remix)
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