{"product_id":"djrum-portrait-with-firewood-vinyl-2lp","title":"Djrum: Portrait With Firewood Vinyl 2LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou can’t deny that Felix Manuel aka \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?q=djrum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDjrum\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e operates in the post-dubstep sphere,\u003c\/i\u003e in the literal sense that this music just simply wouldn’t sound the way it does if dubstep never happened. But \u003cem\u003ePortrait With Firewood\u003c\/em\u003e is leagues more vivid than anything in its orbit; stunning in its visionary execution and therapeutic in its visceral gauntlet of sound. \"Music helps me to communicate the sorts of things that I find almost impossible to put in to words. I think the process for this album has helped me create a more rich and emotionally complex body of work than I have managed before.” Taking inspiration from the works of performance artist \u003cstrong\u003eMarina Abramovic\u003c\/strong\u003e, Manuel twists together syncopated techno beats and rolling breaks, patching in field recordings, vocals fragments and cello courtesy of \u003cstrong\u003eZosia Jagodzinska\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003eLola Empire\u003c\/strong\u003e lends her rain-smeared vocals to the porcelain start-stop rollage of “Waters Rising,” reminiscent of some vintage \u003cstrong\u003eFoul Play\u003c\/strong\u003e or other related Audio Couture™. The drums are all meticulously programmed and pored over with care, but the quieter, more atmospheric passages are equally sublime, from the celestial rumblings of “Sparrows” to the dreamy “Unblocked” and “Blood In My Mouth” which bookend the album. The divine “Creature Pt. 1” starts with some jubilating piano chords before a sub burrows through in slow motion, breaking into \u003cstrong\u003eJagodzinska\u003c\/strong\u003e’s sombre cello over a bed of ambient field-recordings. “Creature Pt. 2” muses on similar musical themes, albeit stamped out into a smoldering ember by an assault of apocalyptic drums primed for club warfare. The album’s epic climax comes in the penultimate “Showreel Pt. 3”… picking up where the B-side of the \u003cem\u003eBroken Glass Arch EP\u003c\/em\u003e left off, Manuel sculpts a succulent mulch of ethereal drones and free jazz drums that cascades into a scorched gabber beat and later, total jungle tearout madness, like a CV for a producer capable of deploying any musical style he or she sees fit for sonic warfare. Released by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?\u0026amp;q=R%26S\u0026amp;filter=Category_fq:%22Vinyl%20Records%20%2F%20Music%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eR\u0026amp;S\u003c\/a\u003e on black double vinyl, housed in full color printed inner sleeves with artwork by \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Mitsas\u003c\/strong\u003e, recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eblack double vinyl pressing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eartwork by Michael Mitsas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efull color printed inner sleeves\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emusic label: R\u0026amp;S 2018\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ereviewed by military 2step 09\/2018\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Djrum","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl 2LP","offer_id":13202988925040,"sku":"lp-9993","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/4542\/products\/djrum-portraitwithfirewood.jpg?v=1762275677","url":"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/products\/djrum-portrait-with-firewood-vinyl-2lp","provider":"turntablelab.sbs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}