Rappers have been known to record songs in response to other rappers who have ‘disrespected’ them. Lo and behold, EDMers have a version of the time-honored practice — and it’s a tad geekier. Boston’s Sinking Feeling has recorded a ‘response’ of sorts; his new album Sinking Gadget is a musical reply to the KORG Gadget, which is a “mobile synthesizer studio.” That is to say, it’s a computer application. Not exactly the world’s most dangerous beef. Not a beef at all – more like a loving homage.
Sinking Feeling packs a lot of durrty drum n’ bass into 17 tracks. Expect lasers, icy drop-offs, frenetic washes, and relentless pacing. There are shades of late period (current period?) Aphex Twin throughout, mixing old school house vibes with new school techniques. A solid listen, though, at times, the density of composition track after track can prove over-stimulating. In other words, don’t listen if you’re on a lot of cough syrup because you’ll probably “kill a bitch.” And then we’d really have a beef.
