[PCMSNT009] Nic TVG - No Write Answers




Release date: 2016

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More PCMS releases by: Nic TVG.
Artwork by: Nic Taylor.
The music styles featured on "No Write Answers" are drumfunk and minimal dnb.

No Write Answers features steady drumming broken up by a brassier drum break. Backed by an ensemble of familiar jazz instruments, the dense sound has a reflective but quirky tone. Sub bass rumbles along adding pressure to the rhythm.

Starting with a collage of raw samples and drones, My Brother’s Records builds to a hectic drum pattern before opening into a few sparse piano and xylophone notes. The second half sees the drumming become less natural and more sequenced as thin layers of synths replace the conventional instruments. The piece ends by returning to the drones from the introduction.

Very Close to Anything revisits a similarly titled track from 2012. Samples from the original were processed into a number of loops vaguely hinting at the source material. Although mostly a 4/4 ambient droning piece, there are muted drum breaks to help guide the progression.

Corners Rained opens with four looping guitar notes. The notes are used sparsely throughout the piece which is otherwise a single funk break and simple sub. In the last minute, inharmonic sounds swell with the increased intensity of the rhythm before abruptly ending in a distorted play of all of the samples.

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