Presk - Babou

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  • Presk used to be a player in Amsterdam's bass scene, but after records for the likes of Ten Thousand Yen and Fourth Wave, he began steering more firmly towards 4/4 waters. His latest, on compatriot Nuno Dos Santos' young SoHaSo imprint, completes that journey. There isn't so much as a skipping hi-hat until Single Point's closing remix, which transforms the moody techno of "Gomero" into a loping beast, with kicks almost tripping over each other as synths wail and whine above. But from Presk himself, we get the straight-up soundtrack to a Saturday morning in Trouw. Both "Babou" and "Gomero" go big on synths and riffs, their low-ends unfurling in sweeping, sustained blasts beneath warehouse-filling stabs. It's all a dark morass of minor chords and gritty processing, at least until the latter breaks the spell with an organ breakdown that feels almost ethereal compared to the chuntering around it. It doesn't last long though, and we're soon back to what Presk does best: growling bass and pumping drums. "Sink Shift" is minimalist in comparison: a few pads, a bassline that offers rhythm more than melody and a discordant lead line that does a solid impression of a synth on the fritz. The beats may be more straight, but in his stylistic shift Presk has lost none of his ability to surprise.
  • Tracklist
      A1 Babou A2 Sink Shift B1 Gomero (Single Point Edge Remix) B2 Gomero
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