My Demons

Distance

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 20, 2007)
• Original Release Date: February 20, 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Planet Mu
• ASIN: B000KJTG6K
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #95,259 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Planet Mu proudly presents the debut album from Bromley, England's top dubstep producer Distance. A resident DJ on influential UK radio station Rinse 100.3 FM, Distance rose to prominence with Sting Records tracks like "Breathing Space," "Shiverz" and "Tropical Rub." After releasing a string of singles on labels such as Boka, Hotflush and Tempa, he joined up with Planet Mu in 2006, delivering two massive cuts on the Traffic 12-inch. His new album My Demons is another leap into uncharted dubstep territory. The album collects all the dubs the artist's been working on over the past year including the haunting "Mistral," the booming breaks of "Weigh Down" and the long-awaited "Night Vision."

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Anothter truly superb entry into the Dubstep Genre...., June 14, 2007

By	fetish_2000 (U.K.) - See all my reviews

DJ Distance (who ironically comes from a Metal background) is one of the latest entries into the growing list of atmospheric Dubstep producers, that mix mid-tempo, spacious, moody, detached electronica, with the bass and reverb of instrumental dub. "My Demons" offers up 12 tracks that works non-vocal, dense, industrial sounding passages, that are coldly beautiful and fractured. This shares some parallels with (for me) what is the finest example of the dubstep genres releases, the remarkable "Burial - Burial". Both share a tendency to mix heavy dark bass, with ominous sampling, and a tendency to shift awkwardly from claustrophobic paranoia, to dub-heavy rhythmic arrangements. But whereas Burial's effort leant more towards creating a chilling sensation, that tempered bleakness and racked up the sparse emotional tension. Distance's effort is a little more quicker paced, with more emphasis on variation between tracks, with a slightly quicker pace to the tracks, and although it still moves with the drawn out nocturnal mood that these excellent cinematic dubstep albums are beginning to be known for....but here, things move with the sense of fray desolation and caustic composition that make these albums so emotionally gripping, but this album isn't afraid to mix the occasional rave sounds, and reverberating bass that subtlety references old-school dance.

This is one of those albums that takes a few listens to fully appreciate, at first it might seems a little (dare I say it??) underwhelming or even a tiny bit predicable, as it's all tension with very little release, but over the course of a few more listens, it becomes clear that this is the intention of the producer, to make something familiar to possibly what has gone before, but use his productions nouns and studio trickery to make something that runs straight to near the top of the pack, and what it may lack in inventiveness is beautifully offset by the fact that its superbly devised and rather than having any particularly standout tracks, works as a condensed album release, that is capable of audibly taking you places, with a remit that is to make a detached and Eerie album, that takes inspiration from it's previous source material (Dub, Electronica, Experimental, Soundtrack, dark ambient), and makes something that although not unique, is arguably very well produced and arranged. And although this doesn't quite match the spooky ambience of `Burial's' masterpiece, its certainly one of the finest examples in the genre, and the dark limiting themes explored here, work brilliantly under the cover of late-night listening. And it's fair to say that there'll be a few more of these sorts of Dubstep albums released further down the line, and people (possibly tiring of repeatedly listening to their usual musical interests), will gradually become interested in occasionally sticking on something a little different from the norm, and immersing themselves into the grim, creepily serene arrangements, haunting, sometimes unsettling string arrangements, that with its combination of anxious imagery and sweeping, cinematic arrangements holds a common ground, more closely associated with instrumental soundtrack work. If Dubstep producers and musicians can continue to produce albums such as this, with a high quality ratio, the Dubstep genre stands (an admittedly small) chance, of moving from a very minor genre concern, into a slightly wider audience.