Dubfire ‘Ribcage’

Dubfire ‘Ribcage’

24 September, 2007 | 10.45AM

• Written by: Zack Rico
• Filed under: Music News: desolat, dj gossip, martin buttrich

Loco Dice and Martin Buttrich kick off their new label with a quality release from Dubfire, one of the producers behind Deep Dish. In the last few months the Washington-based producer has made a concerted and vociferous attempt to move away from the progressive house sound that him and his studio partner Sharam Tayebi are famous for.

Dubfire was always the more underground-centric of the two, and now it seems he has discovered a darker, more experimental edge that dips its toes in techno, minimal and tech house.

A year or two ago no one would have guessed that the Deep Dish man would have a track out on a label run by Loco Dice and Martin Buttrich.

But listening to ‘Ribcage’, one can see why Loco Dice and Buttrich are fans.

It has a tight monotonous techno groove that underpins a cluttering lead synth. It chugs and wobbles with an undefined quantization giving a sense of urgency and space.

Like all good minimal, despite its simplicity it is cleverly produced and keeps evolving.

This is a true techno gem that builds and builds with unstoppable force.

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