[DUBSTEP/BASS] Starkey – ‘Orbits’ Album Review

[DUBSTEP/BASS] Starkey – ‘Orbits’ Album Review

[DUBSTEP/BASS] Starkey – ‘Orbits’ Album Review

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By: Dustin Fox

Dubstep and I have a similar relationship to Goldilocks and porridge; there is a fine line between too hot, the wah-FRAT dubstep (EDM Metal?) of Murica’, and then the too-cold James Blake, Burial British grime two-step stuff. Starkey, Philly based producer PJ Geissinger, strives for that trans-atlantic middle ground. Aspects of bass-music, trap, and max permeate through this album. TNGHT and Rustie influenced drum tone shifting, paired with oscillating bass, and even strings al la Nick Jaar, show that Geissinger is willing to take his productions to distant places. While this excessive reach sometimes yields poor results, the album has incredible moments where truly disparate genres and production techniques combine with incredible results.

 

 

Purchase Orbits here.

1. Renegade Starship
2. Command
3. G V Star (Part 1)
4. G V Star (Part 2)
5. Thugs
6. Lzr
7. Synchronize
8. Dystopia
9. …And Then God Built the Cosmos
10. Crashing Sphere
11. The Shuttle
12. Magnet
13. Distant Star
 

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