Surface Tension: Party Preview
The city of Bristol, in the southwestern U.K., has long been one of the world's most fascinating musical melting pots. The birthplace of jungle and trip-hop, it's also the home of artists who commingle techno, dub, reggae, hip-hop, post-punk, and more. Some of the latest sounds to come out of the city are courtesy of the Young Echo Collective, a group of young musicians blurring the walls between grime, techno, ambient, industrial, and dub. One of their members,
Vessel, is touring the States in support of his recent album,
Punish, Honey, recently released on Tri-Angle Records. It's a hazy, woozy industrial techno affair, full of off-kilter rhythms and cold moods; nevertheless, it's dance music through-and-through, designed to get your body moving. Oakland-based experimental techno musician
Cube will be supporting, and the
Surface Tension DJs (full disclosure: the author is one of them) will be keeping the dancefloor bumping till the wee hours of the morning.
— Chris Zaldua
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