Hug The Scary

Hug The Scary

Will Saul, Lee Jones [Aus Music]

31 August, 2007 | 4.05PM

• Written by: Richard Brophy
• Filed under: Music Recommendations: aus music, will saul

Simple’s offshoot label is home to the latest Will Saul collaboration, this time with My My member Lee Jones. 

The warm, seductive ‘There Comes A Time’ by Jones, also on Aus Music, is one of this year’s best new school interpretations of deep house/techno, so how does ‘Hug The Scary’ match up?

It comes close, thanks to a succession of lush breakdowns, eerie synth riffs and an overall moody feeling, but the track’s bassline disappoints.

There’s nothing particularly offensive about it, but it has hints of the grainy electro house bass that has been copied, repeated and released ad nauseam.

It’s about time an international law came into effect to ban its use, but until then, this ubiquitous bass sound will remain a tried and trusted weapon in the dance producer’s arsenal.

It’s a pity, because it detracts from what would otherwise be an excellent piece of music.

Remixers Partial Arts don’t improve matters: their live funk bass and trippy bleeps are possibly attempt to make a ‘fun’ track, but the overall sound doesn’t come close to the dizzy heights achieved by Al Usher and Ewan Pearson on ‘Trauermusik’.

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