Chicago-based via Texas, producer Jdotbalance brings forth a backboard smashing vinyl debut dunk full of a futuristic mix of sexy, raucous club and fast techno propulsions that showcases just how varied the energy palette of North American club music is.
“Let’s” opens up the A side with a fast techno kick and panned static flickers. Wonky pings wander left and right. This track is a true traveler…start to finish this will have the dance floor wishing this condensed fantasy epic, inexhaustibly traversing moods and instruments, would swallow up the club and continue the stomping ride down down down the devil’s gut. A2 has a different boom but the same amount of bump. Claps dance around the 2s and 4s, showing you how to move to Jdot’s vision of gyrating, high-energy club music. A vocal sample swells like a siren. The kick moves in triplets. The peak is psycho. The track comes down just in time to pick its energy back up with big bass melodies that take it to a sonar underwater close.
Flip to the B side: 'Wilin’ brings the club kicks and undulating melody that floats on top together in rhythm. Interesting rhythmic changes make you rethink your body. One can hear shimmers of the UK wobbling in to snuggle up with the ever-evolving contemporary US club landscape. “Whippit” closes out the whole shabang with a spinning, up-tempo jaunt that packs a dense punch, all bringing home the point that Jdot is not messing around. CAUTION! HIGHLY FLAMMABLE TRACKS!
Jdot runs the GUD4U newsletter, party, and has mixes featured on RINSE FRANCE, DAISYCHAIN, BIZAAR BAZAAR, PAPI JUICE, JEROME, RUMORS, NEW WORLD DYSORDER, DOWN2EARTH, et al.
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“super interesting stuff…especially love b1” - DJ VOICES
“very trippy and warpy!” - SOFTCORESOFT
“very sick record. that raw midwest club sound with the hypnosis of techno. Mhmmm”
- D. STRANGE
“unique and wiggly take on techno! My faves are: Buzzer and Wilin. All 4 tracks do an exceptional job of maintaining a unified textural palette, smokey foggy froggy atmosphere, and simmering skittering percussion work. Very nice. VERY.” - C POWERS
“This release is great, real fun wiggly stuff” - FURTIVE
“All of these are bangers…Super hectic and perf for smashin the clurbbb” - RYAN CLOVER
“I love A1 and B2” - RÙ
“Yoo these are sick” - DJ HEADWOUND
credits
released July 29, 2022
Written, produced, and mixed in Chicago by Jdotbalance.
Mastered by Dietrich Schoenemann.
Design by Nick Owen.
Distributed by One Eye Witness.
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