In absence of raves, my weekends are spent at the Lehigh Valley’s Mahoning Drive-In movie theater, the USA’s oldest drive-in theater premiering vintage favorites, cult classics, and horror masterpieces, often catching films like Cannibal Holocaust, Alien, Scanners, and Chainsaw Hookers: raw, nostalgia trips through distorted, creative genius. Body bags and all.
When I stumbled upon DIGITIST’S DEMONSTRATION OF FORCE, the lurching landscapes, mechanical-infused sound design, consuming growls, and punishing bass lines mirrored the sanctuary of a badass horror movie. Tension, destruction, survival.
Who doesn’t like a good scare?
From the start, Barbarian seizes audiences with ripping textures and demanding progression, transcending listeners through dramatic rhythm shifts, flexing production skills, while offering forward thinking sound design over combinations of dubstep and hardcore. For the UK fans, right? The impressive contrast of genres is masterfully articulated and certain to leave dance floors crumbling.
DIGITIST masters ‘tear out’ dubstep, a sub-genre pioneered by Excision, Zomboy, Midnight Tyrannosaurus, and MARAUDA highlighting heavy metal atmospheres, compressed-brostep bass lines, and chaotic crowds. However, DIGITIST’s authenticity is unquestioned, showcasing originality and blending genres like UK garage on his track ‘Interloper’ after assaulting listeners with dubstep monstrosity ‘Crude Oil’. The EP demonstrates unique experimentation, ethereal ambiance while combatting demonic drops and screeching highs. DIGITIST conducts a symphony from hell.
Cinematic, DEMONSTRATION OF FORCE captivates listeners with seven incendiary tracks. Roughly twenty-five minutes. Replay value?
Like a bowl of pretzels and a tasty beer:
“Can you ever eat just one pretzel?”
While I typically enjoy the Tipper-sphere of music, the r/spacebass, experimental bass producers, I’ve been returning to my roots: dubstep, particularly because it expresses anger. A forgotten emotion, and especially important to Modern Psychoanalysts – subconsciously rooted anger, the genesis of neurosis.
As a Slipknot, Korn, and Tool fan, I particularly loved dubstep for the ability to thrash, a noticeable difference to glitch hop and house. Isn’t it important we have music to represent these repressed times? The full spectrum of emotion?
Finishing the project with THAW, a drum and bass inspired song, DIGITIST concludes DEMONSTRATION OF FORCE like any decent horror flick: leaving the audience demanding more! DIGITIST possesses a unique sound palette, blending the lines between alien experimentation and the demonic underworld. Inspiration from producer comrade, EXECUTIONER, on tracks like UNCIVILIZED are highlighted, another upcoming producer known for intriguing arrangement, top tier sound design, menacing auras— who deserves increased attention.
Dubstep, riddim, UKG, hardcore, drum and bass: DEMONSTRATION OF FORCE represents a production milestone for producer DIGITIST – a robust, multidimensional listening experience. Not to mention a FULL EP VISUALIZER on the DIGITIST YouTube channel, featuring VHS style distortions, digital tracers, and bad-trip voyeurism.
A name to remember in the evolving landscape of dubstep and experimental bass, DIGITIST leads by example!
The artwork alone speaks volumes. Can you judge an EP by its cover?
DEMONSTRATION OF FORCE provides the argument.
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