Oddible brings straightforward, slamming, machine-like techno that’ll make your motor run to the Barcelona imprint Devotion with their latest EP, “Space Chase” featuring a dope remix by Maccari.
Their bio states that they’re a pair of very talented DJs and producers from Bangalore, though one-half of the duo spends the majority of his time in London these days. If this “Space Chase” EP is any indication, what they have presented here is every bit of what it says on their tin. Their talents have landed them on Trau-Ma, Asymetrik, and Mind Medezin, with which you might already be familiar.
What stands out about Oddible’s techno from the pack this week is that it relies on this solid unrelenting energy. Yet, it’s that same onslaught of techno that is also deliberately calming, since you can find solace in the ease with which you can hear the parts slowly evolving. At the same time, we have these layers nicely fitted together and laced up in a tight-fitting compressed package that invites you to listen to the parts busting at the seams.
“Skelter” is a really good example of this. The kick and bass have a nice, cohesive droning quality that sets up the track as a calming tonic to the rest of the contrasting textures over the top. It’s something that the loop always comes back to, but there’s still some movement in there to keep things interesting. One could call out some of the percussion in the track as classically-influenced Indian hand drumming technique, with less complexity and keeping it simple and straightforward, morphing in a long LFO pattern. Meanwhile, all these parts are well-rounded and fattened up by some tasteful compression and ducking.
Both “Mislead” and the title track follow suit on this premise, but with “Mislead,” a more aggressive and distorted upper mid-range is presented to make you bob your head in full approval.
Maccari’s remix of the title track “Space Chase” is a gritty and stripped back take on the original with some terrific push/pull and call-and-response timing manipulation on the main hand drum parts. Maccari takes the motor music sound of Oddible’s original and turns it into this grinding and funky groove that makes you dip your shoulders in time for some solid remix work.
Sometimes, you want to have techno that really challenges the status quo, other times, you just need some powerful, focused techno to help lubricate the gears in your head while they turn. This EP by Oddible is definitely about the latter, where their music is the soundtrack to your thoughts as they run and rotate through your mind.
-Sean Ocean
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