Commodo - Uprising

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  • A new signing to a usually classicist label like Deep Medi is always intriguing, and there's something different about Commodo. Just check his recent mix for Sonic Router which mixes in Tyler The Creator and more experimental names like DJG with predictable dubstep picks like V.I.V.E.K.—an imagination that seems missing from many of his peers and even labelmates. It comes through on his debut single, where he takes the 140 BPM template of dubstep and makes it throb with tribal intensity—think "Ancient Memories" or "Bury Da Bwoy" but polished to a shine rather than the millennial rust of those Digital Mystikz tunes. On "Uprising," he forgoes the temptation to structure tracks around the almighty bass drop and instead crafts a pulsating viber where it feels like he's piling up more drum sounds than the track can actually hold. The darker flipside "Saracen" isn't as percussive but it still feels like he's throwing in extra snares and hats in the tiny spaces between the beats. This is detail-oriented dubstep: these tunes don't really have any surprises but they don't need to, really. If you're not enthralled by the sheer massive physicality, you'll be engaged by the fascinating intricacies.
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      A Uprising B Saracen
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