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The evil brainchild of James (Keepsakes) Barrett and Henry (Dog Power) Nicol, dynamic Ōtautahi danger-duo CUT 989 are dropping their debut 12" EP later this month. With all the demented intensity of the Large Hadron Collider, the pair have crushed together their joint influences of industrial, techno, post-punk, and experimental music to concoct the perfect soundtrack for a dystopian dancefloor. - Flying Out
From Ōtautahi, Aotearoa (Christchurch, New Zealand) comes a collaboration between James Barrett, best known for his work in techno on Perc Trax, Mord, South London Analogue Material, and KAOS/OAKS as Keepsakes, and Henry Nicol, a founder of industrial-freak outfits Loghorn Breed and Dog Power. As CUT 989 the two bring their respective musical worlds in to collision, producing a debut EP representing a mutated hybrid of industrial, post-punk, techno, and experimental music tied together with cynical lyricism musing on anxiety, human nature and the crumbling state of politics and society in the modern era.
The A1 starts with bass driven drum hits and rolling metallic percussion combine with booming vocals and looping dark synth melodies in ‘The Dominant Trough’. The A2 follows with ‘Castle Of Doubt’, where sombre atmospheres and hand-drum rhythms come together with melancholy Lyra-8 refrains and verbed-out vocals to complete the first side of the record.
‘TPOTT’ launches the flip and picks up the energy with gated reverb toms, weighty kick drums, heavy bass sweeps and vocals ranging from enraged screaming to faint whispers in a driving slab of electronic bitterness. The B2 closes this debut offering with ‘Skin’ - a mournful bass-heavy piece featuring tribalistic drumming, experimental percussions, gloomy synth work and lyrics pondering political betrayal.
Tracklist
- The Dominant Trough
- Castle of Doubt
- Tpott
- Skin
