Review

Having established themselves as a veritable hub of free underground music, Belfast’s own hard working heroes Acroplane have taken their first foray into the realm of commercial releases with the striking, psychosis-laden epiphany that is Locust Halo. Porcelain Minotaurs is the new musical outlet from Jason Kohnen of The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble and on this the project’s debut EP, he manages to cultivate a unique air of darkness, laden with hauntingly expressed breaks and rolling digital mindscapes.

While this EP sits quite comfortably inside the dubstep camp, it’s important to realise that this release, like a lot of the music on Acroplane, is so much more. The sheer musicality surpasses many of today’s most successful producers and the entire release drips with undertones of jazz and drone, all whilst maintaining a very focused and deep, ethno-musical sensibility. With Locust Halo, Kohnen has fostered an EP that will stand up equally on a dark, purposeful dance floor or in a consciousness-bending, post-rave comedown. Matt Hazley

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Posted on: 27th January 2010

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