London staple Deadboy returns for the first time since 2011’s HERE, releasing new four track EP ‘BLAQUEWERK’ on 25th March. The release is the first of a set of many to shortly be announced on Numbers, joining festival Pleasure Principle to form part of their 10th anniversary in 2013.
The record's opener ‘On Your Mind’ sees Deadboy swapping out divas and using his own plaintive vocals for the first time, within a 7 minute late night house exploration. Perpetually building analogue snare rolls and tape fuzzed basslines marry with a tense breakdown, reminiscent of his epic ‘Wish U Were Here’ and an 80’s touch that pushes the track into the same realms occupied by Chicago’s own pioneers of dancefloor melancholia, Virgo.
'Geek’d Up' pushes raw and direct with a heavy kick and dramatic piano stabs showing just how killer House music can be with only a few simple tools. ‘Black Reign’, previewed on Jackmaster’s Radio 1 show, experiments with the darker side of Garage - claustrophobic and nightmarish, an antidote to the recent charting hybrids. The EP’s closer 'Nova' is a play on Deadboy’s formative years in South London - mournful chords, tuned 808 basslines and precision crafted breaks bring to mind the pioneering sounds of early Drum & Bass producers Foul Play, with a deeper and more feminine sound.
BLAQUEWERK is released as a limited 12inch and digital download on 25th March 2013 via the usual outlets. Catch Deadboy on the Numbers Rinse FM show from 11pm - 1am GMT on Sunday 17th March.
Release/catalogue number: NMBRS25
Release date: Mar 25, 2013
Re: Deadboy - BLAQUEWERK [NMBRS25]
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 1:39 pm
by Func
Re: Deadboy - BLAQUEWERK [NMBRS25]
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 3:21 pm
by Travesty
Been waiting on Geek'd Up what seems like forever ha.
Re: Deadboy - BLAQUEWERK [NMBRS25]
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 4:45 pm
by Atticus
meh
geekd up is the winner here though. been waiting for that shit forevz
Re: Deadboy - BLAQUEWERK [NMBRS25]
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:42 pm
by Preacha
so good!
Re: Deadboy - BLAQUEWERK [NMBRS25]
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 12:43 am
by sixs
jesus christ nova
Re: Deadboy - BLAQUEWERK [NMBRS25]
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 12:45 am
by sixs
been waiting for him to pull something like this out the bag since the before remix
Re: Deadboy - BLAQUEWERK [NMBRS25]
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 5:56 am
by dickman69
wooooooooooooah
Re: Deadboy - BLAQUEWERK [NMBRS25]
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:45 am
by jheybs
v excited, especially for the running eps after... big year for numbers!
Re: Deadboy - BLAQUEWERK [NMBRS25]
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:56 am
by dj_donga
BIG fan over here
Re: Deadboy - BLAQUEWERK [NMBRS25]
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 6:50 pm
by KoalaBlu
This sounds great! Deadboy is a proper don!
Also looking forward to seeing which releases they've got lined up after this, swear I remember reading a rumor about GR Etiquette possibly coming out on Numbers. Would be a nice anniversary gift, wouldn't it?
Anyway, whatever they got planned I'm sure it will be great things, and I'm really looking forward to bumping this one in full. Happy 10th anniversary to the Numbers crew!
Re: Deadboy - BLAQUEWERK [NMBRS25]
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 8:56 am
by Preacha
still loving this
Re: Deadboy - BLAQUEWERK [NMBRS25]
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 9:48 am
by LA_Boxers
Geek'd Up is defo the one from this EP. Others are a bit meh.
Also everybody, no matter what genre, seems to have a jungle/jungle sounding track on their EP.
Re: Deadboy - BLAQUEWERK [NMBRS25]
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 1:17 am
by Travesty
Re: Deadboy - BLAQUEWERK [NMBRS25]
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 1:41 am
by Preacha
LA_Boxers wrote:Also everybody, no matter what genre, seems to have a jungle/jungle sounding track on their EP.
Deadboy has been making jungle influenced tunes for some time though
And does it quite well IMO
Re: Deadboy - BLAQUEWERK [NMBRS25]
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 7:18 am
by Garden
Preacha wrote:
LA_Boxers wrote:Also everybody, no matter what genre, seems to have a jungle/jungle sounding track on their EP.
Deadboy has been making jungle influenced tunes for some time though
And does it quite well IMO
Like what
Re: Deadboy - BLAQUEWERK [NMBRS25]
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 10:23 am
by dj_donga
Garden wrote:
Preacha wrote:
LA_Boxers wrote:Also everybody, no matter what genre, seems to have a jungle/jungle sounding track on their EP.
Deadboy has been making jungle influenced tunes for some time though
And does it quite well IMO
Like what
like his remix of Scuba for a start
2 or 3 years back that was
thats what
Re: Deadboy - BLAQUEWERK [NMBRS25]
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 10:44 am
by murky21
really like geeked up and the jungle one. Not keen on the other two at all. bought it anyway
Re: Deadboy - BLAQUEWERK [NMBRS25]
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 7:58 pm
by Ghost_Hardware
Is this UK only for some time, because I can't find this anywhere in Germany?!
