Review: Lone - Cluster Dreams EP
Nottingham-based beatmaker producer Lone is — to some well-worn hip-hop terminology — “on some other shit.” Known to ‘the man’ as Matt Cutler, the former ‘Kids in Tracksuits’ producer has shed the confines of conventional hip-hop to focus on big beats, inspired analogue synth-play, and other-worldly album concepts. Following from August’s delightful long player ‘The Lemurian’, comes the ‘Cluster Dreams’ EP on limited vinyl and download, which does more of the same. Massively staggered drums and washy, rainbow-sprinkled 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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Posted in Music & Reviews by Martin Skivington on October 2, 2008.
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