The self-titled label from the Dutch producer will cease operations with a retrospective compilation.
Records from Beau Wanzer, Shit & Shine, Dez Williams, Bing & Ruth, Line Idle and more caught the eye for their own particular reasons.
Killer albums from Objekt, Population One and 2562 headed up a techno-heavy week of records.
Dave Huismans will release his “otherworldly” fourth album on his When In Doubt label in October.
If ever there were a contemporary producer adept at throwing a curveball every time, it would be Dave Huismans. Both as A Made Up Sound and 2562, what began as ear-snagging twists on both low-slung deep house and aqueous dubstep respectively has rapidly turned into a wildly unpredictable melee of shattered rhythms that arguably give rise to the general tempo flux more than they respond to it. The stylistic differences between Huismans’ two projects have blurred in the process, leaving the listener nail-bitingly unprepared for what awaits them when a new release lands.
The tireless Dave Huismans has just revealed details of his next release as A Made Up Sound.
Fledgling London promoters Streets Of Beige demonstrate how much they’ve grown in a short time with the announcement of a East London warehouse party headlined by When In Doubt boss 2562.
For a producer who earns a living patrolling the moody sonic terrain between dubstep and techno, the third album from Dutchman Dave Huismans under the 2562 alias is his most raucous yet. A notable progression has been made from the dense atmospherics and subterranean bass that characterised 2008’s Aerials and the dark textures of 2009’s Unbalance, both of which saw release on Bristolian imprint Tectonic. Fever – released via Huismans’ own When In Doubt label – has a more insouciant slant, albeit buried beneath several layers of robust drum programming and hanging synths.
It’s perhaps a little strange then that this development is in part the result of Husimans’ concept for Fever: every single sound used has been sampled from 1970s and 80s disco records, with the producer’s year of birth (1979) used as a something of a centrepoint. Although the LP’s artwork is a beautiful illustration of this fact, were it not publicised when the album was announced no one would have picked it – it’s the most un-disco disco record you’re ever likely to hear.
The stuttering rhythms and disorientating panning of “Winamp Melodrama” opens Fever, followed by the whirring effects and muffled vocal loops of “Cheaters”. The chaotic drum programming on “Juxtaposed” brings to work the mind of fellow genre ignorer FaltyDL, before “Intermission” marks the album’s halfway point and paves the way for Huismans’ most outlandish moment, namely the unrelenting party techno stomp of “This Is Hardcore”. God only knows which disco records he sampled for this one – but it’s enamoured with bucket loads of groove and swing (sadly it only appears on the CD and digital versions of the album, although it also appeared on a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it 10” which surfaced back in February).
The mechanised fuzz and raved up synths of “Brasil Deadwalker” maintains the sweat-drenched basement momentum which now been firmly developed, before “Final Frenzy” offers just that – one last burst of fire before things are reeled in towards a natural conclusion. The gloopy bass and odd yelps of “Wasteland” and strangely evocative shuffle of the album’s title track provide yet more evidence that this is a producer who possesses both exciting ideas and the nous to make them happen in the studio.
Aaron Coultate
Bb
Dave Huismans aka 2562 today revealed his latest label endeavour When In Doubt and details of the first official 2562 material in over a year with a ten inch out next month and a new album to follow.
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Juno Download has teamed up with the hugely popular Dubstep Forum to bring you the 2010 Dubstep Awards.
