MaartenVC Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Wraetlic - Wraetlic aka Alex Smoke Tracklist1. Anothering2. Scunner3. Pintlegrist4. There Without5. Refrain6. Skinflint7. Hymn To The Departed8. The Dearth9. Better The Devil10. Rats11. The Watchful Eye12. Scunner (Jon Convex Refix)13. Better The Devil (dBridge Advocate Mix)14. Rats (SCB Edit) Alex Smoke's vocal-oriented IDM/Pop project lands a debut album on Convex Industries. Mixing up styles from his previous tech house creations with androgynous vox in more succinct song structures, 'Wraetlic' makes for an endearing proposition, operating somewhere between LP5/EP7-era Ae, the kind of blue, robotic electronics pushed by Maceo Plex, and the doleful synth-pop of Jon Convex. We like 'Scunner', not least for the title, and it's evocation of SpezialMaterials-style IDM, and we're also partial to the brittle, unstable arrangement of 'The Dearth', with its buried vocals and splintering rhythms, or the polychromatic dubstep lurch of 'Skinflint'. For added bonus, Jon Convex remixes 'Scunner' as a more robust, bass-heavy 'floor roller and dBridge's stop/starting Advocate Mix of 'Better The Devil' appears 'longside Scuba's thumping SCB edit of 'Rats'. 6.1/10 on pitchfork, so it's gotta be good ^^ lol Well, I'm liking it so far. Give it a listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diabrotikos Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Official video for "Rats" : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Person90 Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Can't wait! Love Smoke and the samples sound tasty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaartenVC Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 On second listen, I must say, I really like it. Recommending this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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