RAFFERTIE – ANTISOCIAL (Seclusiasis)

 

Nov. 11, 2009 by Ric Baker

Raffertie’s dubplates have been destroying dancefloors worldwide, and, rather wisely, Phily-based label Seclusiasis are releasing two of them. Antisocial is a powerful dance floor affair that displays real soul amidst a dark atmosphere of wobble- gutter bass. Raffertie is a master of the drop, and uses ambient textures and processed-heavy vocals as a counter to the modulated bass mayhem that follows. No mater how squonky or pulsey Antisocial gets, it sounds overwhelmingly purposeful and musical. This track will light up the dance floor.

Eyes Closed starts in a slightly more introspective vein before dropping into what can only be called a wave of sub soaked bass squeeks and sparks.The higher frequencies percolate loudly and abstractly, making the experience an arrestingly pleasant one. The bass lines and synth riffs weave in and out of one another, modulating constantly. These tracks are extremely well produced and musically expressive in surprising ways. For listeners who want to be surprised and maybe a bit over powered, aurally speaking.