Daniel Meteo - The Beat Of The Heart

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  • Daniel Meteo is one of those rare breed of producers who can turn his hand to almost any style and still find his sound. In the past six years he has released downbeat, hip hop, drum & bass, left-field electronica and techno under a variety of guises. Over the last few years under his own name he has been delving deeper and more exclusively into house and techno, though his sound seems to be constantly referencing and taking into account the breadth of his past explorations. Such is Meteo's latest EP on his own Meteosound imprint, a three tracker that's brimming with disparate ideas. The title track is a simple lesson in wringing out as much feeling from as few sounds as possible. Electronic music can be needlessly overworked and intricate these days with all the available technology, but Meteo keeps it simple with well-structured loops, the main melody a modest pulsing pop progression that pans as it gently mutates atop the raw 4/4 drum track. An austere acidic synth splatters highlights here and there, whilst the overall sound is rounded out by clipped sound fragments firing off insistently. "Guitars" begins life as an atmospheric, almost beatless track, reminiscent of some early Dan Curtin or Morgan Geist interludes. Its stringed instrument (probably not an actual guitar) plucks out a pleasing arrangement as pads softly accompany before a change of tack. A piano now leads the orchestration as the kick drums enter the fray more earnestly. The bass hits are lilting sine waves that help maintain the air of abstraction. "Secrets" likewise never quite makes it with both feet on to the dance floor, its broken off-kilter drums for the most part hidden beneath a stifling filter. A nagging looped melody that would otherwise be, well, nagging, is set in context by a deep dub bassline that ties in the disparate elements of the track. These three tracks are engaging in a decidedly slow burning fashion—and all the better for it.
  • Tracklist
      A The Beat Of The Heart B1 Guitars B2 Secrets
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