Prolific NYC OG Kush Jones reconciles diasporic dance styles on this impressive 10-tracker, touching on Drexciyan electro, percolating Chicago house, wobbly club drill, liquid d&b, abstracted footwork, and hard-swung deep-step. Levitational shit.
New York City's revitalized club landscape feels as if it's putting in the work to assure the rest of the world that it ain't just techno that drives the world's uneven dance topography. Alongside genre-averse scene mainstays like AceMo and MoMA Ready, Kush Jones has tackled different sounds with similar skill and passion, so it makes sense that he's unified the theme on this coherent and effortlessly enjoyable album. "Black is the Color" is a celebration of Black music, from the neo-Detroit flush of opening track 'Raver Type Stab' and the Other People Place sleaze of 'Transactional' to the Green Velvet bump of 'Castle Hill Toys & Games' and the LTJ Bukem shiver of 'Spirit'.
Jones is accomplished at hybridizing forms, like the mutation of drill bass and footwork steppage on 'The Motion', or '026' with its 'Sexual Eruption' chords and slippery 2-step shuffle. There's even a dedication to Japanese producer Soichi Terada, who's best known for composing the music for video game "Ape Escape" and running the Far East Recording imprint with Shinichiro Yokota. Jones uses Terada's sickly house approximations as inspiration, drizzling PS1-era chords over lightning-fast clipped d&b.
It's a far-sighted, high-minded, and a perfect snapshot of a New York City that can't stop re-invigorating itself. Highly Recommended.
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Prolific NYC OG Kush Jones reconciles diasporic dance styles on this impressive 10-tracker, touching on Drexciyan electro, percolating Chicago house, wobbly club drill, liquid d&b, abstracted footwork, and hard-swung deep-step. Levitational shit.
New York City's revitalized club landscape feels as if it's putting in the work to assure the rest of the world that it ain't just techno that drives the world's uneven dance topography. Alongside genre-averse scene mainstays like AceMo and MoMA Ready, Kush Jones has tackled different sounds with similar skill and passion, so it makes sense that he's unified the theme on this coherent and effortlessly enjoyable album. "Black is the Color" is a celebration of Black music, from the neo-Detroit flush of opening track 'Raver Type Stab' and the Other People Place sleaze of 'Transactional' to the Green Velvet bump of 'Castle Hill Toys & Games' and the LTJ Bukem shiver of 'Spirit'.
Jones is accomplished at hybridizing forms, like the mutation of drill bass and footwork steppage on 'The Motion', or '026' with its 'Sexual Eruption' chords and slippery 2-step shuffle. There's even a dedication to Japanese producer Soichi Terada, who's best known for composing the music for video game "Ape Escape" and running the Far East Recording imprint with Shinichiro Yokota. Jones uses Terada's sickly house approximations as inspiration, drizzling PS1-era chords over lightning-fast clipped d&b.
It's a far-sighted, high-minded, and a perfect snapshot of a New York City that can't stop re-invigorating itself. Highly Recommended.
Prolific NYC OG Kush Jones reconciles diasporic dance styles on this impressive 10-tracker, touching on Drexciyan electro, percolating Chicago house, wobbly club drill, liquid d&b, abstracted footwork, and hard-swung deep-step. Levitational shit.
New York City's revitalized club landscape feels as if it's putting in the work to assure the rest of the world that it ain't just techno that drives the world's uneven dance topography. Alongside genre-averse scene mainstays like AceMo and MoMA Ready, Kush Jones has tackled different sounds with similar skill and passion, so it makes sense that he's unified the theme on this coherent and effortlessly enjoyable album. "Black is the Color" is a celebration of Black music, from the neo-Detroit flush of opening track 'Raver Type Stab' and the Other People Place sleaze of 'Transactional' to the Green Velvet bump of 'Castle Hill Toys & Games' and the LTJ Bukem shiver of 'Spirit'.
Jones is accomplished at hybridizing forms, like the mutation of drill bass and footwork steppage on 'The Motion', or '026' with its 'Sexual Eruption' chords and slippery 2-step shuffle. There's even a dedication to Japanese producer Soichi Terada, who's best known for composing the music for video game "Ape Escape" and running the Far East Recording imprint with Shinichiro Yokota. Jones uses Terada's sickly house approximations as inspiration, drizzling PS1-era chords over lightning-fast clipped d&b.
It's a far-sighted, high-minded, and a perfect snapshot of a New York City that can't stop re-invigorating itself. Highly Recommended.
Prolific NYC OG Kush Jones reconciles diasporic dance styles on this impressive 10-tracker, touching on Drexciyan electro, percolating Chicago house, wobbly club drill, liquid d&b, abstracted footwork, and hard-swung deep-step. Levitational shit.
New York City's revitalized club landscape feels as if it's putting in the work to assure the rest of the world that it ain't just techno that drives the world's uneven dance topography. Alongside genre-averse scene mainstays like AceMo and MoMA Ready, Kush Jones has tackled different sounds with similar skill and passion, so it makes sense that he's unified the theme on this coherent and effortlessly enjoyable album. "Black is the Color" is a celebration of Black music, from the neo-Detroit flush of opening track 'Raver Type Stab' and the Other People Place sleaze of 'Transactional' to the Green Velvet bump of 'Castle Hill Toys & Games' and the LTJ Bukem shiver of 'Spirit'.
Jones is accomplished at hybridizing forms, like the mutation of drill bass and footwork steppage on 'The Motion', or '026' with its 'Sexual Eruption' chords and slippery 2-step shuffle. There's even a dedication to Japanese producer Soichi Terada, who's best known for composing the music for video game "Ape Escape" and running the Far East Recording imprint with Shinichiro Yokota. Jones uses Terada's sickly house approximations as inspiration, drizzling PS1-era chords over lightning-fast clipped d&b.
It's a far-sighted, high-minded, and a perfect snapshot of a New York City that can't stop re-invigorating itself. Highly Recommended.