- Frank Martiniq's "Golden Dusk" was an epic slab of pressurized dub techno that attained its weight through characteristic sound design and pregnant restraint. The picture often painted of Scott Grooves' career shows him as a fan of restraint in a broad sense, and perhaps there's some kind of psychological link with the producer subsequently taking a shine to the track, requesting to remix it, and applying his and Kataconda's Panther treatment to it.
That is, the pair runs the whole track through a bunch of effects until it's a strongly present echo of its former self—as if at the bottom of a clear, moonlit pool—and adding a prominent, round Roland drum track. The new version is as interesting and incommensurable with sausage factory dub techno as these production methods. The combination of the crackling drum track (clarified and played around with on the "Beats" version) —all swung toms and splashing, offbeat snares that smack just after the fourth beat in a nasty, syncopated manner—and the washes of sound around it end up sounding like a resurrection ritual in the depths of a pitch-black cavern. It broods hugely. Those washes aren't particularly unique taken individually. But the way they intertwine with everything else sends shivers down your spine.
Tracklist A Golden Dusk (Panther Version By Scott Grooves & Kataconda)
B Golden Dusk (Panther Beats By Scott Grooves & Kataconda)