- Dub Organizer is a new label from Hyperdub and UK house character Cooly G. That said, Dub Organizer is not a dubstep label, and it's not a house label, UK funky or otherwise. In fact, the closest analogue I can think of would be Alexander Nut's Eglo Records or Trus'me's Prime Numbers, but even those comparisons don't seem to encompass Merrisa Campbell's vision of funk music.
The first release is a split between Greensboro, North Carolina producer Arethis and Manchester's Krystal Klear. Krystal Klear professes to make music "made between 1980 and 1994," and "Greensilver" actually makes a convincing case for such a claim. The vintage drum machine and flighty synths bite off the same tip as Hyetal's anthemic "Phoenix," and the starry chimes seem to signal back to the Italo disco made through the similarly retro lens of Italians Do It Better. The track sounds like a Chromatics tune delivered from its cocaine-induced coma with a little warm breath and a thimble of amaretto.
Arethis' "Rugged Angel" is a bit rougher around the edges, lacking the appealing VHS blur of "Greensilver" but making up for it with its choleric textures. The antiseptic track exists in a hostile anaerobic cavern, its snaky serrated synth fluidly expanding, shrinking and contorting every which way while the trebly percussion futilely attempts to rein it all in. As the track reaches its midpoint it feels like all the elements are hazardously hopping all over each other, like a perpetually-moving human pyramid, but Arethis' careful balance means it never gives way.
TracklistA Krystal Klear - Greensilver
B Arethis - Rugged Angel