[PCMS 2022.1] Kop-Z - Fading Light Above Us All

Kop-Z’s “Fading Light Above Us All” is centered on four breakbeat driven drum and bass tracks. The compositions are layered like ambient works including the one non-dnb track, “Feel Lost.”

“Feel Lost” opens with bright noise and rumbling sub frequencies like a forgotten microphone left recording. This freeform piece shows patience with infrequent industrial noises swelling up over the noise and then disappearing again.

The dnb tracks highlight one or two well known breaks, glitched and edited into fragments. The two step “Should U Stay” stands out by layering drums in a late 90s Tech Step way. The drums and bass lines are treated as layers in the collection of atmospheres (not as the singular focal points). Some layers are in the foreground, but many sit content in the background developing imagery of different spaces or times. The tones creating a feeling of urgency or forlorn are balanced by choir-like swells and uplifting harmonies. And yet reverb can make even these ethereal elements feel a bit ghostly.