Joe – Untitled (Apple Pips) review
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:52 am
Artist: Joe
Title: Untitled
Label: Apple Pips
Format: 12" and Digital
Having a standard, unmemorable production moniker is one thing. Naming, or not naming, the A-side of your release “Untitled”, is another. Yet this is how this elusive North London producer rolls, and, as we all know from the likes of Burial and Banksy, mystery invites interest and intrigue. Joe emerged last year with the incredible sounds of “Grimelight/Rut” on the famed Hessle Audio label, and now is ready to bring us his second 12” on Appleblim’s Apple Pips imprint.
Crackling into the audible range with delicately tapping breaks, bongo-thumping beats and soothing sonorous atmospherics, “Untitled” is a touching and melodic exploration into an inner musical consciousness. It’s percussive and tribal, with distinct inklings of fellow Hesslers Ramadanman and Pangaea in the rumbling bass and stripped back grooves of the piece. Deeply meditative at its core, “Untitled” is music to move your soul, yet it’s not completely removed from the dancefloor – an impressive achievement in itself to attain the fine balance...
Read the full review on Juno Plus here: http://www.junodownload.com/plus/2010/0 ... ed-review/
Juno Vinyl release: http://www.juno.co.uk/products/Untitled/396921-01/
Juno Download release link: http://www.junodownload.com/products/1594901-02.htm