Architeq - Green & Gold

2009 release from the British Dub/Electronica artist. The album features 14 tracks of pure originality, mixing electronic noises, discordant effects with twisted Jazz, buckets of Dub and a strong leftfield musicality. Green & Gold includes the debut single 'Birds of Prey' in all it's gloriously dubbed out glitches and live drums, and 'Krakatoa', which mines on the organic and real instrumentation seam that flows through the album with aplomb, by featuring a finely honed chamber string section and subtle clarinet. Elsewhere we find laid back sweet Soul vocals courtesy of Junior Williams (Sunharbour) on 'Nothing', and Hungarian producer Ilija Rudman reveals a new string to his bow with a fine vocal contribution to the twisted Electro Synth-driven 'Mind Games'. 'Birds of Dub' and 'Babylon' take the spacey effects to the max, weaving in and out of a silky smooth, soothing Electro bass line. Dub to the max here, in a Rocksteady style. Tirade.