Soul Brother #3

General | Nov 2012

Reviews

Jack
Reviewed 2012-11-02
Kemetrix: Soul Brother #3 Label: Pomelo

This is probably the most unusual release I've heard in a while. I think Kemetrix shows a great deal of promise, and there's a lot of interesting material here. Even though the tracks refer to a lot of fundamental ideas (inner-city urban soul and techno), the music goes off into uncharted territories. I'd like to see Kemetrix use more gospel/R&B vocalists in his next release, rather than his own falsettos which didn't catch me. But that said, try #1 ("Soul Man"), #2 ("K-O-T-G"), and #6 ("The Hunger").

1. Falsetto vocal soul mixed into a chill-out/spacey track
2. Very unusual - A crazy electro-clash battle with inner-city soul vocals. Deep & heavy broken-beat that would thump out a warehouse, mixed with soulful falsetto
3. Ghetto-tech? Pleading soul falsetto and a slightly manic marimba percussion & a dubby broken-beat
4. Industrial soundscape, broken-up thumping beats, dystopian sci-fi sounds
5. A quick gospel interlude with some electronic backing
6. Nervous & jumpy raw techno. It's dirty and rough and irregular. Very unusual.

Recent airplay

K-O-T-G, Soul Man
Music CasseroleDec 08, 2012
K-O-T-G
The DoldrummerNov 29, 2012
K-O-T-G
Music CasseroleNov 24, 2012

Charting

2012-11-04 — 2013-01-06 Electronic
Week EndingAirplays
Dec 9 1
Dec 2 1
Nov 25 1

Track listing

1. Soul Man
2. K-O-T-G
3. Soul Survivor
4. Ancient Godz
5. Keep Yo Eyes
6. The Hunger