One of the many perks that comes with working for a company entirely devoted to promoting and exposing new musical talent is the access to a multitude of magazine subscriptions that I don’t have the money for on my own. I’m constantly tearing out articles and stuffing them into my skinny jeans hoping no one will notice. Last week, while coming out of the john, I grabbed a month-old edition of NME (The New Musical Express) and was pleased to discover their “What’s on the NME Stereo” page. Essentially, two pages of ten new tracks they’re suggesting we simple folk checkout.
There seems to be an evolution of dubstep occuring since it’s beginnings ten years ago. Electronic artists are taking more creative control than ever and Samuel and the Dragon have given us something we have really yet to hear before, a song-step if you will (and I will). If you have ever thought electronics couldn’t be soulfoul, S and the D are here to prove you wrong. In their debut single “Diamonds on a Boat” we have an anguished (also gifted) crooner and some sparse beats interrupted by the occasional synth squiggle.
NME says: “If you thrilled to the XX’s rich dubstep torch songs, you’ll be all over this dreamy, slo-core synth number.”
CMC says: If you’re looking for a pure-voiced hopeless romantic backed up by some eclectic uses of synths and beats, these are your boys.
They have one other single that I’m not nearly as impressed with called “Rising Up” check it out on their myspace here , if that is your desire. Let’s hope they’re in the studio devising their EP as we speak.
