DJ Richard - Grind

Label: Dial – dial LP 33
Format: 2 x Vinyl, 12", Album
Country: Germany
Released: Sep 2, 2015
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno, Deep House, Ambient, Experimental, Drone

While DJ Richard’s previous EPs showed music more sophisticated than typical club music, they were calibrated for dancing, and Grind is a departure from that. DJs will find some great club tracks if they choose to skim it for parts, but that would be to miss the holistic effect of the album.

This is narrative techno, and in typical artistic form, the narrative of conflict draws us inexorably towards reconciliation. This is heard on ‘Vampire Dub’, a confection of twinkling synth work, gauzy keys that leave behind calming reverb trails, and bubbling mechanical accents. Here the feelings of displacement are left behind, resolution can be found in a composition which is nakedly beautiful.

This is the deserved conclusion to a great artistic accomplishment; a dance album with no fat, no misfires, every tune essential, surprising and rewarding. We hear darkness and conflict resolved through artistic expression, and we find peace.

• DJ RICHARD INTERVIEW
• REVIEW: DJ RICHARD - GRIND

A1. No Balance
A2. Nighthawk
A3. Waiting For The Green Flash
B1. Savage Coast
B2. Screes Of Gray Craig
C1. Bane
C2. I-Mir
D1. Ejected
D2. Vampire Dub