At long last, following on from the superb 'House To House' cassette a LONG 4 years ago, which pulled the tempo up a little from the riotously well-recieved 'Frontline' LP from 2017, we get a brand new outing from Tim 'That Guy Who Comes In The Shop' Robinson and Carl 'Dig Vinyl' Emery.
There's more of what you'd expect from the masters of laid-back housey Balearica, gradually moving between a sun lounger in the heat of the midday sun, through the packed bar and downstairs into a shadowy, sweltering club. While 'Disconnection' lives up to its name somewhat, it soon moves from a scattered canvas of glitched vocal snippets and airy lo-fi reverb swells into an arp-heavy hands-in-the-air euphoria fest.
While the highlight for me here is the wonderful self-titled odyssey, 'Nightdubbing' (which I think perfectly illustrates their grasp of the balance required to pull off a mix of lo-fi house, rhyhmic IDM and Balearic), it doesn't present itself in a vaccuum, and in fact would be far worse off without the pace-setting but equally jewel-laiden first half of the LP and the melty, afterglow dub of the second half. It's YET ANOTHER masterwork from the Nightdubbing crew, meticulously layering sounds and flawlessly bringing worlds together into an LP that is both eminently listenable at home, and perfect for the late-night boat parties or sweaty dancefloors at 2AM. Brilliant.
There's more of what you'd expect from the masters of laid-back housey Balearica, gradually moving between a sun lounger in the heat of the midday sun, through the packed bar and downstairs into a shadowy, sweltering club. While 'Disconnection' lives up to its name somewhat, it soon moves from a scattered canvas of glitched vocal snippets and airy lo-fi reverb swells into an arp-heavy hands-in-the-air euphoria fest.
While the highlight for me here is the wonderful self-titled odyssey, 'Nightdubbing' (which I think perfectly illustrates their grasp of the balance required to pull off a mix of lo-fi house, rhyhmic IDM and Balearic), it doesn't present itself in a vaccuum, and in fact would be far worse off without the pace-setting but equally jewel-laiden first half of the LP and the melty, afterglow dub of the second half. It's YET ANOTHER masterwork from the Nightdubbing crew, meticulously layering sounds and flawlessly bringing worlds together into an LP that is both eminently listenable at home, and perfect for the late-night boat parties or sweaty dancefloors at 2AM. Brilliant.
STAFF COMMENTS
Barry says: Yet another absolute stormer from Nightdubbing, effortlessly bringing together laid-back Balearic beach ambient with their own brand of glitched-out house, deep dub and swooning disco. A step beyond their already stellar canon.TRACK LISTING
1. Disconnection
2. Stone Love
3. Little Weekend
4. Nightdubbing
5. Oxford Roadshow
6. Glass House
7. Whatever It Is... It's Yours