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Kontext releases his debut album on the impeccable Bristol label Immerse in early 2010.
This is a nice little mix Kontext put together for "EE" ..... Also visit Kontext’s side-project DISSIDENT
01 – Peverelist feat. Pinch – Revival – [Punch Drunk]
02 – Scuba – Speak - [NakedLunch]
03 – Data – Leaves – [Tempa]
04 – Monolake – Atlas – [Monolake / Imbalance Computer Music]
05 – Kontext – Impossible Being – [forthcoming Immerse]
06 – Ikonika – Sahara Michael – [Hyperdub]
07 – Zomby – Aquafresh – [Hyperdub]
08 – Untold – Discipline – [Hemlock]
09 – 2562 – Love In Outer Space – [Tectonic]
10 – Andy Stott – Drippin – [Modern Love]
11 – Kontext – Clinch – [forthcoming Immerse]
12 – Kontext – Bilinguism – [forthcoming Immerse]
13 – Clouds – Protecting Hands Pt.1 – [Deep Medi Musik]
14 – Roof Light – Radience – [Styrax]
15 – Floating Point – K & G Beat – [Planet Mu]
16 – Flying Lotus – Glendale Galleria – [Tectonic]
17 – LV – Turn Away - [Hyperdub]
18 – Exile – Were all in Power – [Plug Research]
KONTEXT
Released 12″ Vinyls:
Immerse – “Convex curved mirror” / “Hometown swamp” – IME011: 2009
Immerse – “Plumes (Relocate remix)” – IME010pt2: 2009
Immerse – “Plumes (Ramadanman refix)” – IME010pt1: 2009
Immerse – “Plumes” / “Blinkende stjerne” – IME009pt2: 2008
Immerse – “Falling to weightlessness” / “Aeromonarchs attacks” – IME009pt1: 2008
Appears on CDs:
~scape – “Blinkende stjerne” – V/A Round Black Ghosts vol.2: 2009
3PBeats – “Дедушка Фенциклидин” – V/A Cinematic Sound vol1: 2008
3PBeats – “TV for Terrorists” – V/A Cinematic Sound vol1: 2008
Respect Records – “Sticky Dust” – V/A Listen UP! DJs Gvozd & Dissident: 2007
Underground Expirience – “Laying on the ground” – V/A BreaksTechnoSintetic 05 by DJ Slon: 2007
Digital:
Leibniz – Double standarts EP – LNZ05: 2007
Albums:
3PBeats – La Dissidence – 3PLP001: 2007
KONTEXT – Convex Curved Mirror
IMMERSE
12″ // £5.99
DUBSTEP / GRIME / FUNKY
Released: Apr 2009
Catalogue Number: IME011
Kontext’s double drop of twelves on Immerse last year sent ripples of excitement through lovers of the techy end of dubstep, picking up massive fans in the form of T++, Peverelist and Appleblim to champion his ultra hi-tech and futurist sound.
From his base in St Petersburg, Stanislav Sevostyanikhin has welded another stark and austere dubstepXtechno statement of intent on ‘Curved Convex Mirror’, using a similar palette of elasticated electronics and drawing rhythmic inspiration from 2562/AMS in the well sculpted subbass and fluctuating garage-rhythmic syncopations, but also a streamlined and rolling edge taken from the more European techno style of icy Russian electronics.
One aspect was clearly apparent from those first two 12″s, that Kontext is a master of creating tense and dramatic sonic vistas, with ‘Hometown Swamp’ he sets a darkened scene with atmospheres reminiscent of the finest Chain Reaction tracks from Fluxion or Vainqueur before bringing them up to date with a powerful garage infected pressure sounding like TRG jamming with Pole.
If you picked up either of first two 12″s you’ve probably been waiting for this one, but if you’ve never heard of this guy, get to know! KILLER!!!
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KONTEXT – Falling to Weightlessness
IMMERSE
12″ // £5.99
DUBSTEP / GRIME / FUNKY
Released: Jul 2008
Catalogue Number: IME009PT1
Absolute killer 12″ alert! One of our favourite Bristol bassed labels Immerse have dug up a couple of complete shockers from a name soon to be very familiar to many dubstep and Techno heads, Kontext.
This is the first material we’ve heard from this fella and it’s quite easily some of the finest gear we’ve clapped lugs on this year, fusing the much loved tech styles of T++ with some proper Bristol bass science for two tracks that have totally ripped the head off it. ‘Falling to weightlessness’ introduces himself with a devastatingly minimal riddim constructed from pure bass pressure punctuated with skittering off-kilter percussion akin to Torsten Profrock’s finest moments, while the spectral synthline and deep electronica vibes could be cut from an Autechre side project (well, in our dreams maybe?).
‘Aeromonarchs attacks’ on the flip cuts into a much deeper rhythm, flexing some scarily toned bass muscle with a honed dancefloor intent that will politely ask any shit dancers to kindly step off the floor please. This is without a doubt the best thing to have emerged from Immerse and quite possibly one of the finest 12″s you’ll hear all year. Listen!
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KONTEXT – Plumes / Blinkende Stjerne
IMMERSE
12″ // £5.99
DUBSTEP / GRIME / FUNKY
Released: Jul 2008
Catalogue Number: IME009PT2
If you’ve managed to pick yourself off the floor after ingesting the first 12″ from Kontext, sit yourself down for a second and check the styles on this badboy. Not content with mastering the art of 140bpm dubstepXtech on the first 12″, Kontext turns his hand to two brutally bass laden techno cuts for the second installment.
‘Plumes’ sits heavy on the A-side with a purest subbass driven tech-house cut speckled with lush synthwork, but it’s the flipside track ‘Blinkende Stjerne’ that really takes the piss, charging up another divebombing subbass mission with dry funked and brittle techno percussion before introducing awesome Monolake style atmospherics of the highest calibre. It’s safe to say this an absolute essential, and fans of everyone from Peverelist to Villalobos need to give this some very close attention. Recommended!!!
