Raffertie / 7th Dimension

Planet Mu

Planet Mu kicks off 2010 with an energetic blast from one of the UK's most original producers. Hailing from the south coast and now based in Birmingham, Raffertie is a 21-year-old DJ / producer who weaves the DNA of multiple dance music micro-genres into an exuberant chimera. His work has garnered much acclaim from the likes of Simon Reynolds and Mary Anne Hobbs. The musician's sugar-rush sound takes a turn in a different direction with his latest release. On "7th Dimension" Raffertie sends a half-speed dubstep intro, cosmic strings borrowed from a '92 rave record and a panting diva sample into a black hole and out the other end. He adds psychedelic effects and a stomping 4/4 beat before bringing the whole thing back down into a dark and frantic bleep-and-bass workout. "String Theory" is almost the opposite--the ravey strings are there, but they dematerialize, leaving an unusual bass line that sounds like metal bending in a storm, with only skittering, splashing drums filling the void. The track gently builds again, this time with vocoder and diva vocals. It's strange and massive, like nothing else out there.

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