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On the Threshold by Basic Rhythm (Anthoney J Hart) (Vinyl, 2019)

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Contemporary hybrids constructed from blocks of sound, their angular rhythms draw on Britain's dance music past, but with an eye firmly on the present. Title: On the Threshold. Artist: Basic Rhythm. Edition: 12" Album.

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Product Identifiers

Record LabelPlanet Mu

UPC5055300399465

eBay Product ID (ePID)19050178576

Product Key Features

FormatVinyl

Release Year2019

GenreR&B

Run Time50 Mins 21 Seconds

TypeLP

ArtistBasic Rhythm (Anthoney J Hart)

Release TitleOn the Threshold

Additional Product Features

DistributionRedeye Music Distribution

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Additional informationAnthoney J Hart makes noisy, experimental electronic music as Imaginary Forces, but he reserves the Basic Rhythm moniker for his most DJ-friendly material. Directly influenced by his formative years as a pirate radio DJ, he contorts grime, jungle, and garage rhythms into abstract yet kinetic club tracks. True to the project's name, these cuts are focused on rhythm more than anything else, and while Hart leaves a lot of space in his productions, his beats and bass tones are so warped and angular that his productions never seem too minimal. Some of the tracks, like opener "St. Fabian Tower," have a gradual, unhurried pace, constantly mutating the beats and cycling through wave-like synth patterns and snatches of ecstatic diva vocals. Other tracks are a bit more blunt, such as the bludgeoning attack of the brutal "Slice Neck" and the menacing "Buss It." "The Kru" seems to hint at a peaceful atmosphere with its diced synth pad, but the fractured rhythm upsets it, and then a totally damaged beat pattern crashes in halfway through. "The Light" has the most straightforward, rave-friendly beat pattern and a tense, growling bass loop, and the familiar vocal sample ("Have to stay alive living in the light") expresses a mixture of passion and struggle. By listening to his Basic Rhythm records, one can tell that Hart was attracted to U.K. bass styles for the way that they constantly pushed sounds forward while keeping the energy level through the roof, and while there's a bit of an art-school pretense to his deconstructions, his excitement outshines anything else. ~ Paul Simpson

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