Review: Lone - Cluster Dreams EP
Nottingham hip-hop producer Lone is– to use a well worn phrase– “on some other shit.” Better known as Matt Cutler, the former Kids in Tracksuits beatmaker has shed the confines of conventional hip-hop to focus on big beats, inspired analogue synth-play and other-worldly album concepts. Following on from August’s long player The Lemurian, Cluster Dreams is a limited vinyl and download EP which does more of the same. Massively staggered drums and washy keys are a mainstay throughout these four exotica-tinged instrumentals, which include the pounding 80s groove of Fly Fire Rainbow and a wonderfully meditative remix of Midnight Feast by Bibio. Sounds like: Martin Denny in a blender!
Cluster Dreams is out January 2009 on Dealmaker Records.
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This post was made by Martin Skivington on Thu 2 Oct 2008
Posted in: Music & Reviews. Tags: cluster dreams, Hip-Hop, lemurian, lone
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04.17.09 By Friday Music Links! April 17 2009 : Earz Magazine:
[...] reviewed the Cluster Dreams EP by Lone last year, but it seems it is only now getting a proper release. More dazzling [...]
05.21.09 By 17 unmissable albums from 2008 : Earz Magazine:
[...] hip-hop producer Lone got his due acclaim in 2008 following his album The Lemurian and itssister EP Cluster Dreams (both on Dealmaker), and rightly so. Its insatiably-weird, warped instrumentals are awash with [...]