- To paraphrase one RA user, dgoHn is what drum & bass should sound like. Even though drumfunk never really went away—as RA's Angus Finlayson stated in his review of Ralph's predecessor, All The Fuckin' As—it's certainly not as common as it used to be. Paradox is of course still plugging away at it, even releasing an album of drum breaks earlier this year.
The best thing about All The Fuckin' As was its clean, metallic sheen. Yes, it had a whiff of nostalgia about it, but dgoHn made those retro influences sound crisp, shiny and new. The EP was all about rupturing the dance floor, but Ralph is a whole lot moodier. There's more of a late-night ambience to it, but all of dgoHn's splintered drum programming is still in tact. The title track's ricocheting rhythms gleam, while "Drumk" is more jazzy, like Squarepusher's old broken-beat IDM. Jodey Kendrick's remix of "Ralph" juggles the dreamy and spikey sounds with even more finesse. The technoid drums are fragile, like thin sheets of glass, and on certain hits they shatter and blow away.
Tracklist01. Ralph
02. Drumk
03. Ralph (Jodey Kendrick Remix)